Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Gavin Melville Abbot Born 23 November 1890 - Died 28 April 1971 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 13/280 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait of Lieutenant Gavin Melville Abbot (Auckland Weekly News Honour Roll 1915). - No known copy … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesGavin Melville AWMM SurnameAbbot AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 13/280 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionPresbyterian, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth23 November 1890 Military Personnel File Opotiki, Bay of Plenty Military Personnel File Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Taneatua, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW1 Mr Thomas Abbot, Waioka, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 13/280 AWMM Military serviceAuckland Mounted Rifles, 4th (Waikato) Squadron AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Bank teller/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 Oct 1914-3 December 1914 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM Seriously wounded at Gallipoli AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM Evacuated to England for specialist medical care. AWMM Other, WWI AWMM Nature of Injury: G.S.W. neck Pension: 15/- Percent of disability: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Arrived Suez on 3 December 1914On return to New Zealand, was appointed Officer-in-Charge of Trentham Military Camp.Four brothers served in WW2 David Alexander (A 401219) James Duncan (NZ39713) and Newton Bishop Abbot (NZ451389) and Gavin Malcolm Abbot (80132).Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Defence Headquarters, Christchurch AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death28 April 1971 AWMM Age 80 AWMM New Zealand AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Gavin Melville Abbot by laying a poppy. Edith Isobel Abbot Gavin Malcolm Abbot Gavin Melville Abbot George Howard Abbot Henry Abbot Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Gavin Melville Abbot Leave a note Contribute › Processing ww1 veteran Thanks Gavin Report Related objects List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force,… Library / Pictorial › publication Wellington, N.Z. D609 LIS Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22273407&digital=yes Further Reference Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Sources Used DocumentsBank of New Zealand officers who enlisted for military service in the First World War. Research completed by Paul Hickford (2014-2017). AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 2 AWMM New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer). AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol 1: Includes portrait AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. 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