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Skeen WALLIS

Regimental number16646
Place of birthMaryborough Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationRock drill driver
AddressSydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Grace Wallis, 132 Corunna Road, Stanmore, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameDecember 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 2 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 17 July 1918
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave 19), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Grace and William WALLIS.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 16647 Sapper Louis Mathias WALLIS, 7th Field Company Engineers, died of wounds, 1 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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