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SKEWES, Joseph Davey
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3449 |
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Enlisted: | 9 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Creswick, Victoria, Australia, September 1876 |
Home Town: | Creswick, Hepburn, Victoria |
Schooling: | Creswick State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labour |
Died: | Natural Causes, Manangatang, Victoria, Australia, 1932 |
Cemetery: |
Manangatang Cemetery, Victoria |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Creswick Honor Roll, Creswick School Pictorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3449 | |
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11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3449, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
15 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3449, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Captured in a trench raid immediately prior to the Battle of Fromelles | |
16 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Laventie, France - Repariated to England 22 November 1918 | |
2 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 58th Infantry Battalion |
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