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