Edgar Lewis SKOW

SKOW, Edgar Lewis

    Service Number: 653
    Enlisted: 12 February 1915, An original of B Company
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Enfield (NSW), Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carter
    Died: Died of wounds, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916
    Cemetery: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension
    Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 26
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 653, 19th Infantry Battalion, An original of B Company
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 653, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 653, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Edgar Skow served on Gallipoli for almost 4 months and survived unscathed. He was wounded in action at Pozieres on 27 July 1916, terrible shell wounds to his leg, and died two days later in the 1st Australian Field Ambulance.

    His younger brother, 2047 Spr. Ernest Sydney Skow 1st Field Company Australian Engineers, was killed in action seven months later on 25 February 1917, aged 21.

    They were the sons of Louis and Edith Louisa Skow of Enfield, NSW.

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