Lieutenant Colonel Percy Phipps Abbott

Birth Date 1869-05-14
Death Date 1940-09-09
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Tamworth
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 1st Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 30th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Tamworth
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-27
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-01-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 14 May 1869
Date of enlistment 28 September 1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 16 March 1915 Appointed to command the 12th Light Horse Regiment with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Other units 1915-03-16 - 1915-08-29 Commanding Officer of the 12th Light Horse Regiment.
Date of embarkation 13 June 1915
Other units 1915-09-01 - 1915-10-14 Commanding Officer of the 10th Light Horse Regiment.
Date of recommendation honour or award 23 March 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 24 March 1917
Other units 12 May 1917 63rd Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 04 June 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 27 July 1917
Other units 21 September 1917 12th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units 29 October 1917 30th Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 21 April 1918
Date returned to Australia 21 April 1918
Other 22 June 1918 AIF appointment terminated.
Other units 13 December 1918 3rd Division Headquarters.
Date of death 09 September 1940