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Marcus Claude Abbott

1889-1918

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37596

About

Born in England

8 July 1889
Parents

Mother

Elizabeth Abbott

Father

Edmund Freeman Abbott
Residence

Hometown

Ahaura
Work

Occupation

Quartz-miner

Employer

Hockstter
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 28

31 March 1918

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5520 1/0006561, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Marcus Claude Abbott (1889-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/1

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