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SKINNER, Harold L (Leslie)
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1836 |
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Enlisted: | 8 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Frankston, Victoria |
Schooling: | Williamstown State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Grocer |
Died: | Died of illness - Dysentery, King George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 28 September 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, London England Cemetery placements listed at 16.33431W Headstone inscription reads: Our ever remembered ANZAC who died for Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1836, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1836, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1836, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Gregory Skinner and Eleanor Skinner of Mentone, Victoria formerly of 'Hedgegrove', Cranbourne Road, Frankston, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served with the Yarra Borderers Citizen Forces