Service Number: Merchant Navy
Date of Birth: 1926
Place of Birth: Moonee Ponds, VIC
Place of Enlistment: N/A
Date of Enlistment: 23 January 1943
Rank: Deck Boy
Unit: N/A
Home Town: Camberwell, VIC
Next of Kin: Sydney Charles Bertram Abott (Father)
Parents: Sydney Bertram Abott & Isabel Beryl Abbot
Occupation: Schooling at Scotch College, VIC
Place of Death: Killed in action, at sea, aboard AHS Centaur
Date of Death: 14 May 1943
Aged: 16
STORY:
David was one of seven ‘boy merchant seamen’ who died during WW2. He is commemorated on the Sydney Memorial.
Boy soldiers on the Roll of Honour for the Second World War | Australian War Memorial
David’s older brother, Flying Officer (400404) Sydney Charles Bertram Abbott also served during WW2, and was killed in an aircraft accident in Norfolk, England on 09 Aug 1943. Sydney was laid to rest in Marham Cemetery.