William Joseph Abotomey ¹

  General Notes:

Name ABOTOMEY, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Service Australian Army
Service Number WX7226
Date of Birth 31 May 1913
Place of Birth SYDNEY, NSW
Date of Enlistment 1 Aug 1940
Locality on Enlistment KALG, WA
Place of Enlistment CLAREMONT, WA
Next of Kin ABOTOMEY, W
Date of Discharge 7 Dec 1945
Rank Corporal
Posting at Discharge 2/59 LIGHT AID DETACHMENT
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None
Prisoner of War No

William married Kathleen Maud McFayden, daughter of Henry McFayden and Elizabeth Hunter, on 18 May 1945 in Armidale, Sandon County, New South Wales. (Kathleen Maud McFayden was born on 6 Feb 1911 in Murrurundi, , New South Wales, Australia and died on 23 Feb 1978 in Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales.) The cause of her death was Cancer.