John Frederick SKINNER

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SKINNER, John Frederick

Service Number:	NX41648
Enlisted:	1 August 1941, Paddington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Field Ambulance
Born:	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1914
Home Town:	Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bush Labourer
Died:	Executed, Borneo, 15 August 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery 20. C. 12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Tenterfield & District Fallen Roll of Honor WW2

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX41648
1 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX41648, 2nd/10th Field Ambulance , Paddington, NSW

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Biography contributed by Liz Williamson

Son of Frederick John and Isabella Skinner, of Tenterfield, New South Wales

DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY...R.I.P.

Five young men from the Mount Mackenzie area went off to World War II - Bill Waugh, jack Finnerty, Eric Holley and John and Eddie Skinner, Eric died on the way to New Guinea. John and Eddie were taken prisoner in Singapore, and never returned. Jack died in the Middle East.

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