Edward William SKIDMORE

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SKIDMORE, Edward William

Service Number:	108
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 23, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Moore Park Cricket Association Memorial Fountain

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 108, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 108, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 108, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Residential address at the time of enlistment was 4 Albion Street, Paddington, NSW

Son of Henry (Harry) John Skidmore and Mary Skidmore nee Osbourne of 3 Goodman Street, Surry Hills, NSW. Brother of Henry John Skidmore, John Joseph Skidmore, Leslie Thomas Skidmore, Edith Mary Skidmore and Clara Florence Skdimore

Husband of Ida B. Skidmore nee Glew of Redfern, NSW. Father of George T. Skidmore and Henry J. Skidmore and Lilian Skidmore. Edward and Ida married in Sydney, NSW 1910c

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

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Edward William’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record