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SKELTON, George Harry

Service Number:	844
Enlisted:	6 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Crookes, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 19 July 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension
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World War 1 Service

6 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 844, 31st Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 844, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 844, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
20 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 31st Infantry Battalion
2 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 31st Infantry Battalion
1 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 31st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of Harry Elton.