Thomas SKENE

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Service Numbers:	5, 736, 2612
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Krongart Station near Penola, South Australia, 1 January 1878
Home Town:	Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Portland, Victoria, Australia , 29 November 1953, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Portland South Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Presbyterian 321
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Loyal Mount Gambier Lodge No 47 Great War Roll of Honour, Loyal Mount Gambier Lodge No 47 I.O.O.F. M.U. Great War Roll of Honor Board, Penola District WW1 Roll of Honor, Robe War Memorial

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 5, 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 736, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

13 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2612, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
13 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2612, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide

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On 18 August 1900 he and two comrades had their horses shot from beneath them and were taken prisoner; the Boers released them on 14 September.