Thomas Nixon SKINNER

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SKINNER, Thomas Nixon

Service Number:	807
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant (CQMS)
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Train
Born:	Yankalilla, South Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Bordertown, Tatiara, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shoeing Smith
Died:	Bordertown, South Australia, 13 September 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bordertown Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant (CQMS), 807, 1st Divisional Train, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant (CQMS), 807, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Hymettus, Adelaide
3 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

Father and Mother (nee
lived at Bordertown, South Australia.

Wife: Phillippa Frances Skinner (nee _____)

Children:
Maud Frances Skinner
Elsie May Skinner
Archibald Prescott Skinner
Doris May Skinner
Thomas Roy Skinner

Previous service: 27 years 278 days in South Australian Military Reserve campaign.

Described on enlisting as 41 years old; married; 5' 5 1/4" tall; 130 lbs; fair complexion;
blue eyes; brown hair.

19/8/1914 Enlisted at Morphettville, SA

20/8/1914 Commanding Officer appointed Thomas to
1st Divisional Train, 4th Company, Army Service Corps

22/10/1914 Embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT Hymettus A1
with the 1st Divisional Train, 4th Company, Army Service Corps

5/4/1915 Proceeded to jin Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces, Gallipoli

5/12/1915 Proceeded to join Western Train Force, Maturah

10/3/1916 Proceeding (ex Zeitoun) to Alexandria, Egypt

25/3/1916        Embarked on HMT Marito for overseas, ex Alexandria, Egypt
                        to join British Expeditionary Forces
1/4/1916          disembarked into Marseilles, France

6/1/1917           sick to hospital - INFLUENZA - France
                         admitted to 1st Field Ambulance
                         transferred to ARR Station
18/1/1917         admitted to Casualty Clearing Station, France

28/1/1917 Suffering from Bronchitis
Embarked on HS St Patrick at Rouen, France for England

29/1/1917 Admitted 3rd Australian General Hospital, London - bronchitis

8/2/1917 Discharged to Wareham, England

13-31/3/1917 On leave in England

18/4/1917 placed on supernumeracy list
No. 4 Company Australian Army Service Corps

2/8/1917 No.2 convalescent camp
marched in from Codford, England

Staff Sergeant in 4th Company, Australian Army Service Corps

27/8/1917 Returned to Australia, NZ HT A82 _________

13/11/1917 Discharged from service - medically unfit (NOT due to misconduct).
total service: 3 years, 76 days (overseas 2 years 363 days).

Medals:
WWI 1914-15 Star (4530); British War medal (54); Victory medal (54)

13/9/1960 Thomas passed away at 88 years of age.
buried in: Bordertown Cemetery, Bordetown, South Australia

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 16/11/2014. Lest we forget.

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