John Robert SKINNER

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Service Number:	777
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Manly Superior Publix School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 21, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Manly War Memorial NSW

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 777, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 777, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 777, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
27 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion
1 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
23 Jun 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement 777, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 777 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Son of John Manly Skinner and Clara Skiner of 7 Ashburner Street, Manly, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a four apprenticeship with A. Cormack of Katoomba, NSW

Prior to serving in the NSW Militia he served with the Cadets and Scouts