Sydney Percival ABBOTT

Regimental number9/1761
Date of birth24 February 1891
Place of birthChristchurch, New Zealand
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
Address18 Harrison Street, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 6.25"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs R P Abbott, Commercial Hotel, Wanganui
Previous military serviceNew Zealand Expeditionary Force (discharged due to illness)
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham Military Camp, Upper Hutt
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 12 January 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		See 10/480 Sidney ABBOTT for previous period of service.
Discharge date24 May 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front.

Posted to 9th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, Trentham Military Camp, 23 August 1915.

Appointed Corporal, Trentham Military Camp, 17 September 1915.

Appointed Second Lieutenant, Trentham Military Camp, 5 October 1915.

Embarked Wellington, 8 January 1916; disembarked Suez, Egypt, 12 February 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Bn, Wellington Regiment, 11 March 1916, and taken on strength the same day.

Embarked with unit to join British Expeditionary Force in France, 9 April 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 17 April 1917.

Admitted to No.2 NZ Field Ambulance, in the field, 5 July 1916 (insomnia); rejoined unit, 8 July 1916.

Found guilty by Field General Courts Martial, 29 August 1916, of drunkenness while on Active Service: sentenced to be dismissed from His Majesty's service; sentence confirmed to GOC, and commuted to as if appointment to rank of Second Lieutenant bore the date of 30 August 1916, and severely reprimanded.

Admitted to No.8 General Hospital, Rouen, 14 July 1916; transferred to England, 17 September 1916 (debility); to No.3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 17 September 1916 (pneumonia); discharged from No.1 NZ General Hospital, 27 September 1916, Brockenhurst, and attached to Headquarters.

Attached to strength of NZ Command Depot, Codford, 13 October 1916.

To report to NZ Convalescent Home, Brighton, 11 December 1916.

Placed on NZ Roll, 19 December 1916 (ill health).

Attached to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 4 January 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board 'Arawa', 12 January 1917; disembarked, 6 March 1917; appointment terminated (discharged), 24 May 1917.

Total war service: 2 years 159 days (of which 1 year 247 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 10 See 10/480 Sidney ABBOTT for first period of service.
Date of death14 August 1971
Age at death80
Place of burialWanganui
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22203750
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22280628