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Life Summary

Name	Joseph Palmer Abbott
Born	18 October, 1891 North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	7 May, 1965 (aged 73) Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Abbott, Joseph Palmer (father) Abbott, John Henry (brother) Abbott, William Edward (uncle) Abbott, Charles Lydiard Aubrey (cousin)
Education *	Armidale School (NSW) (student, 1804-1809) University of Sydney (student, 1910-1912)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1915-1915) Federal, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1916-1918) Overseas grazier (sheep) (1919-1965) New South Wales, Australia country party organiser (1930-1940) New South Wales, Australia grazing industry leader (1935-1965) New South Wales, Australia wool industry leader (1935-1965) New South Wales, Australia country politician (1940-1949) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1940-1949) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (British army officer) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (soldier) 1st Field Ambulance (soldier, 1915-1915)
Awards	Military Cross (recipient, 1918) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1951)
Clubs *	Australian Club (Sydney) (member, ?-1965)
Key Organisations *	Graziers' Association of New South Wales (president, 1935) Australian Wool Board (deputy chair, 1936-1951) Graziers' Federal Council of Australia (president, 1937-1938)
Political Activism *	Country Party (NSW) (politician, 1940-1949)
Properties *	Murrulla (NSW) (owner, 1919)
Workplaces *	Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1940-1949)

* Dates are approximate