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SKELTON, Walter
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6357 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Epsom, Surrey, England., 1888 |
Home Town: | Castlereagh, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6357, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6357, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 28 and the son of George and Annie Skelton; husband of Matilda Skelton, of Castlereagh, New South Wales.
He is remembered on the grave of his parents at Epsom and Ewell Cemetery
Births Dec 1888 SKELTON Walter Epsom 2a 21