Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

09/03/1943

Date of Discharge

19/02/1946

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

03/02/1925

Place of Birth

Newtown, NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Lister Crescent, Ainslie ACT

Occupation

Public servant

Next of Kin

Stanley Abbot (father), Lister Crescent, Ainslie ACT

Service Number

131749

Final Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Final Unit

82 Wing Headquarters

Abbot was working in the Department of Trade and Customs when he enlisted in the RAAF in 1943. He was mustered as a flight mechanic and served with No.21 Squadron from September 1944. No.21 Squadron flew Liberator heavy bombers from Fenton airfield in the Northern Territory. After the war Abbot went into business as a motorbike mechanic at the Causeway and later in Lonsdale Street, Braddon. He died on 17 July 1996 on the Central Coast of NSW.

Description - height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 128 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, medium complexion, scars on both knees, Church of England.

DVA nominal rolls - WW2
ACT Electoral Rolls
NAA RecordSearch - Series A9301
The Canberra Times - 30 July 1955
Sydney Morning Herald - 18 July 1996