Thomas Nixon SKINNER

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
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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,

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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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