Herbert Neville Southwell SKEFFINGTON

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SKEFFINGTON, Herbert Neville Southwell

Service Number:	4
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Royal Flying Corps
Born:	Kensington, London, 25 June 1884
Home Town:	London, England, United Kingdom
Schooling:	Charterhouse School, Surrey, England
Occupation:	Photographer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 28 August 1917, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Wielsbeke Communal Cemetery (N. side of church; grave 3)
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
22 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
22 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
10 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Pioneer Battalion
10 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Pioneer Battalion
28 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Herbert Neville Southwell SKEFFINGTON was born in Kensington, London, England on 25th June 1884

His parents were Martin Southwell SKEFFINGTON & Mary Louisa WEARNE

Biography

Enlisted in A.I.F. 18 Aug 1914. Posted to 3rd Field Company Engineers as No.4 Sapper. Transferred to 1st Pioneer Battalion in Egypt on 9 Mar 1916. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 10 Jun 1916 and promoted to Lieutenant on 10 Sep 1916.

Discharged from A.I.F. on 22 Oct 1916 and appointed as 2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps on 23 Oct 1916. Shot down and killed over France 28 Jul 1917 as a 2nd Lieutenant 57 Squadron R.F.C.

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