Lowes Henry SKYRING

SKYRING, Lowes Henry

Service Number: 6456
Enlisted: 29 July 1915, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance
Born: Bundaberg, Queensland, 30 October 1896
Home Town: Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling: Rockhampton Boys Grammar School
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Died of Illness (POW of Turkey - pneumonia), Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, 9 August 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Gracemere Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

29 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6456, Rockhampton, Queensland
20 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6456, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6456, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
1 Apr 1918: Imprisoned Amman Raid (First)
9 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6456, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6456 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-09

FH Smith SN 437

The diaries of FH Smith makes mention of Grant Skyring who served with him in the 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance during the Sinai conflict. Could this be Lowes Henry Skyring?

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Lowes Henry SKYRING was born in Bundaberg, Queensland on 30th October, 1896

His parents were Thomas Daniel SKYRING & Emma Mary DIBDIN