ABEL, Adam Scott

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Commemoration
  5. Notes
  6. Sources

Service Details

Branch of Service
Army
Conflict
World War II (1939-1945)
Date of Enlistment
04/07/1940
Date of Discharge
03/12/1945
Place of Enlistment
Paddington NSW

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Other Name(s)
Also known as William John Greene, George William Norton and William Scott Abel
Date of Birth
03/03/1917
Place of Birth
Captains Flat NSW
Address (at enlistment)
Canberra ACT
Occupation
Slaughterman
Next of Kin
Neil Morris (cousin), Causeway (Kingston) ACT

Unit and Rank Details

Service Number
NX52819
Final Rank
Private
Final Unit
6 Division ASC (AIF)

Commemoration

World War 2 Memorial, corner of Lowe St and Farrer Place, Queanbeyan NSW

Notes

Abel's enlistment form includes the names William John Greene and George William Norton and after the war he preferred to be known as William Scott Abel. He served with the Australian Army Service Corps in the 6th Division in the Middle East from April 1941 to August 1942 where he was graded as a 'butcher'. In 1942 he was assigned to No.1 Company AASC and was sent to New Guinea where he developed hydrocele and returned to Australia. Abel lived in Queanbeyan after the war and in 1969 wrote that his date of birth was 2 July 1920 and not 1917 as he stated upon enlisting. Abel died on 4 May 1998 and was interred at the Tharwa Road Cemetery, Queanbeyan. He had been living in Crawford Street, Queanbeyan.

Sources

DVA nominal roll - WW2
Queanbeyan City Council web site
NAA RecordSearch - Series B883

Create Certificate
Adam Scott Abel. NAA service file.

Adam Scott Abel. NAA service file.

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