SKERTCHLY, Harold Brandon
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Thetford, Norfolk, England, 7 October 1879 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Queens College, Hong Kong |
| Occupation: | Examiner of Patents |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Pneumonia), Cairo, Egypt, 15 May 1915, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row B Grave 248 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kew War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 20 Mar 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' |
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| 20 Mar 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 15 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-05-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harold Brandon SKERTCHLY was born in 1879 in Thetford, Norfolk, England
His parents were Sydney Barber Josiah SKERTCHLY and Rachel Ellen KEMP who married on 26th June, 1871 in London - his Father Sydney died in 1926 and his mother Rachel died in 1919, both in Queensland
Harold married Katherine Gordon McLEOD in 1907 in Victoria - Katherine was born in Warnambool, Victoria - they had one known daughter, Mary Katherine SKERTCHLY who married Ronald Edward Bertram BOURNE in 1928 in Victoria
After Harolds death in 1915 , his wife Katherine remarried in Victoria in 1924 to Algernon Montague WOLFFE
Harold had served previously in the Volunteer Artillery in Hong Kong before he enlisted for service in WW1
He died on 15th May, 1915 at the General Hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo
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His brother Lieutenant Ethelbert SKERTCHLY served in the British Navy (Borneo Service) and died in 1907 in Penang
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