Search results Next record Previous record English Māori George Duncan Abbott Born 26 July 1888 - Died 28 August 1915 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 7/810 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Trooper AWMM Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Kemal Ataturk Memorial, Gallipoli (photo taken by Shannon Corbett in 1996). - No known copyright res … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesGeorge Duncan AWMM SurnameAbbott AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 7/810 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth26 July 1888 Military Personnel File Southbridge, Canterbury Military Personnel File Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs Isabella Abbott (mother), Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 7/810 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 14 Feb 1915-26 March 1915 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Trooper AWMM Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Trooper AWMM Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Trooper Abbott was a son of William Abbott and Isabella Abbott, of 28 Medway Street, Shirley, Canterbury.Four children, siblings served in WW1: Trooper George Duncan Abbott (7/810, Canterbury Mounted Rifles), who was killed in action in the second assault on Hill 60; reported missing 28 August 1915; Lance Corporal Ameral Christopher Abbott (7/296 Canterbury Mounted Rifles), who died of disease on 8 May 1915, in Egypt; Trooper Charles Gordon Abbott (13/2012, Auckland Mounted Rifles) and their sister Fanny Abbott, (22/96 New Zealand Army Nursing Service).Arrived Suez, Egypt on 26 March 1915 AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death28 August 1915 AWMM Age 28 AWMM Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameHill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey AWMM Roll of Honour Remember George Duncan Abbott by laying a poppy. Fredrick William Abbott George Abbott George Duncan Abbott George Edwin Thomas Abbott George William Abbott Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of George Duncan Abbott Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related Serviceperson Ameral Christopher Abbott Charles Gordon Abbott Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22280522 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1739179/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1739179 Further Reference DocumentsStowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM Eadie, Forbes. Troopships engaged in the Maori Wars, 1840-1865; in the South African War, 1899-1902; in the Great War, 1914-1918. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-90/38. AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Roll of Honour. (1923). Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Defence. AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol 1: 2 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 The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. 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