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SKINNER, Percy James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1782 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Loughton, Essex, England, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Wickepin, Wickepin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wickepin District Roll of Honor, Wickepin District Roll of Honour WWI, Wickepin Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1782, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1782, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29 and the son of Charles Edwin and Laura Skinner, of 32, Windsor Rd., Ilford, Essex, England.
He is commemorated in the Ilford War Memorial Gazette and in the Ilford War Memorial Hall