Edward John SKERRITT

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SKERRITT, Edward John

Service Number:	555
Enlisted:	7 April 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Folkestone, England, 1880
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No Known GraveAustralian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

7 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 555, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 555, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
Date unknown:	Involvement 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 36.

Births Dec 1880 SKERRITT Edward John Elham 2a 923.

He is commemorated on the memorial plaque in St John’s Church, Folkestone, and on the town civic war memorial.

The Lympne village tribute is on a plinth, the names are listed around the base for World War 1 and the World War 2 names are listed on an extra stone behind the memorial. The memorial itself stands by the lychgate entrance to the parish churchyard.

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