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SKENE, George Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2494 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Blackwarry, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Grave XIII. C. 1. , Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2494, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2494, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of four Australian soldier casualties of the Great War who are honoured on the Macduff war memorial.
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