Arthur William SKEWES

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SKEWES, Arthur William

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	1 April 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 13 November 1891
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Queenton and Charters Towers State Schools, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Queenton State School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion
18 May 1916:	Involvement 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
5 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-05

Lieutenant Arthur William Skewes.

Arthur William Skewes. Lieutenant, 41st Battalion was born in Charters Towers in 1891 and educated at Queenton School, Charters Towers. The son of Margaret and the late John Skewes, of Merthyr Road, New Farm, Brisbane. In 1914 he was called up by the Military Authorities to proceed with the other rifle men to Thursday Island on the 8th of August, returning the same year in November. He then proceeded to Brisbane and was appointed rifle instructor at Enoggera Camp. On 16th October, 1915. He enlisted in Brisbane, and left on May 22nd, 1916, by train to Sydney, thence to England. Left in November same year for France and went into the line. Was wounded in August, 1917. Served with the 41st Battn. as Lieut, of the company, having gained his second star on the field. Was on the eve of commission as Captain when he was killed on the 4th October at Passchendaele Ridge.
Courtesy of Queenslanders Who Fought in The Great War.

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