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Ellis Gabriel SKINNER

Regimental number4222
Date of birth8 April 1888
Place of birthMoonee, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWoolgoolga, Moonee Creek, North Coast, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Skinner, Woolgoolga, Moonee Creek, New South Wales
Enlistment date15 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateDied of disease 1 May 1916
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTell El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery (Grave No. 8), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Died of pneumonia. Parents: Alfred and Mary SKINNER, Moonee, Woolgoolga, New South Wales
Place of burialTel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave No. 8

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