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SKINNER, Edwin Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4642 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915, Bendigo, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Baringhup, Victoria, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Baringhup, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Baringhup State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Morlancourt, France, 5 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" (buried in no man's land - Commemorated in the Maldon Cemetery, Victoria), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baringhup School & District Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4642, Bendigo, Victoria | |
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| 28 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4642, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4642, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 20 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion, Promoted in the Filed | |
| 5 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4642, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4642 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-05 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry and Katherine Frances Skinner of Baringhup
16 April 1916 - To hospital with Mumps
Eyewitnesses stated that he was killed while attending another fallen soldier as they advanced on a machine gun post at about 3.30am. Edwin was buried where he fell and no cross was erected
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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