Herbert SKINNER

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Service Number:	1327
Enlisted:	16 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Chelsea, England, 1887
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 57, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1327, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1327, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1327, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Son of Gordon H. and Mary Ellen Skinner of 21 Radstock Street, Battersea, London, England

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