SKILTON, George Percival
| Service Number: | 3707 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1917, 6 years RA Naval reserve |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Moulder |
| Died: | Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1948, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-178. 9. |
| Memorials: | St Paul's Church Stockton HR |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 56th Infantry Battalion, 6 years RA Naval reserve | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3707, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 3707, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 56th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, GSWs to both feet | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 56th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
74 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 29th June 1948, Private George Percival Skilton, 56th Battalion (Reg No-3707), brass moulder from Pembroke Street, Stockton, New South Wales and 18 Hewison Street, Tighes Hill, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 54. ANGLICAN 3-178. 9.
Born at Stockton, New South Wales on the 29th April 1894 to George and Nancy Skilton; husband of Irene Mary Skilton nee Bailey (married 1927, Cessnock, N.S.W., died 1964, sleeping here), George enlisted July 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 30.12.1917 (not stated).
Wounded in action - 1.9.1918 (GSW both feet, The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne).
George returned home February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 1st April 1919.
Mr. Skilton’s name has been inscribed on the Stockton Soldiers' Memorial and the Stockton St. Paul's Anglican Church Honour Roll (photos, unveiled on the 14th May 1922, 90 names inscribed, 20 Fallen). Name would probably be inscribed on the Court Hunter No-4583 Ancient Order of Foresters' Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 10th June 1916, 17 names inscribed, whereabouts unknown).
I have placed poppies at George’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Lest We Forget.
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