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SKENE-SMITH, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Grave XXIII. C. 4. INSCRIPTION WE SHALL MEET AGAIN BEFORE THE THRONE WHERE NO FAREWELLS ARE SAID |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Cross |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of Daniel Barr Smith and Jane Morton Lochhead; husband of Marie G. Skene-Smith, of 12, Terregles Avenue, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland.