SKERTCHLEY  H.B.

Given Names:  Harold Brandon

               

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Unit:  14th Battalion, 4th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

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Age:  35 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Examiner of Patents                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7¾ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  34-36 In

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  9/2/1915

Place: 

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Katherine Gordon Skertchly

34 Glenferrie Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  29/3/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of disease

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Unit:  14th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  10289

British War Medal:  9728

Victory Medal:  9683

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  7/10/1879

Place:  Brandon, Suffolk, England             

Father:  Sydney Barber Josiah SKERTCHLY                                 

Mother:  Rachael Ellen KEMP

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1907     

Place:             

Spouse: Katherine Gordon McLEOD

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 15/5/1915                          

Place: Heliopolis Hospital, Cairo, Egypt     

Burial:  Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Died of pneumonia and asthma

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Golf Club

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 356447

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Kew Rotary