Place of birth | Brandon, Suffolk, England |
School | Carshalton, Surrey and Queen's College, Hong Kong |
Age on arrival in Australia | 13 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Examiner of patents |
Address | 34 Glenferrie Road, Kew, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 35 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Katherine G Skertchly, 34 Glenferrie Road, Kew, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as a Signaller in the Volunteer Artillery, Hong Kong. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Son of Professor S.B.J. Skertchly, F.G.S., M.A.I., and late of H.M. Geological Surveys of England and Queensland, when he was an assistant before starting as a consulting geologist. A fine horseman and bushman he traced certain outcrops from New South Wales through to Victoria and South Australia, accross the Bight, far north into Western Australia, a most extraordinary piece of exploring. An expert in China and porcelain. A good musician. He was an examiner of patents for the Commonwealth Patents Office and a member of the Board of Examiners for Patents Attorneys. Died of pneumonia and asthena at Heliopolis Hosptial, Cairo on 14 May 1915. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Heliopolis, Egypt |
Age at death | 35 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 35 |
Place of burial | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 248), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 74 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Sydney and Josiah SKERTCHLY, "Birriban", Nerang, Queensland; husband of Kathrin SKERTCHLY, 42 Denmark Street, Kew, Melbourne |