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NX46176 - ABBOTTS, Frederick, A/U/Sgt.
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Recommendation for Operational Award
"Here was another identity - picturesque, big, tough Fred
Abbotts. One of the toughest men in the Unit, strong enough to
be hit by bullets at Gemas and yet still carry a man out with
him. Fred was a 1st World War man, born in the tradition of the
Grenadier Guards, a good soldier through and through. He was a
good P.O.W., too, which at times was very difficult.
A strong man all his life, he found it irksome to be limited in
his capacity to work in the way he used to work before the war.
Fred was a mighty man in his district and his passing was
mourned by all the residents of Taree & visitors came for miles
around to attend his funeral.
Fred was another of the identities of the Battalion. There were
not many of them, but he was one and I don't recall any man ever
saying one bad word about Fred.
Our sympathy to his wife and family and our hopes that they will
realise that the 2/30th members will never forget their dear
friend, Fred Abbotts."
(Source:
Makan No. 163, August, 1964 &
Galleghan's Greyhounds, page 392 (includes errata))
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