Harold Francis SKIDMORE

Regimental number2643
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolEastern Road State School, South Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressSt Kilda, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinBrother, W Skidmore, 56 Chapel Street, East St Kilda Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date28 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBellicourt British Cemetery (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
74
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Alice SKIDMORE. Native of Victoria