Harry
Hedley
Skipworth
Born in Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ancestors 
Son of Isaac Skipworth
and Agnes Ruth (Smith) Skipworth
Brother of
Ruth Agnes (Skipworth) Triplett, Hannah Charlotte (Skipworth) Press, Charles Frederick Skipworth, Isaac George Skipworth, Percy William Arculus Skipworth, Frederick Augustus Skipworth, Albert Johnson Skipworth, Hurtle Alfred Denison Skipworth, Septimus William Skipworth and Royal Arthur Skipworth
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Feb 2018
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- Visit : VWMA Virtual Memorial Harry Skipworth . . . and photo . .
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| 1914-1915 Star AIF Attestation p.20 |
Biography
NSW Births Search Results [1]
Registration Number/Date | 30982/1895
Name | Father's and Mother's Given Name(s) | District
Skipworth Harry H | Isaac Agnes K | Broken Hill
- Cottesloe State School VWMA photo
6086 16th Bn. [2]
Born at Broken Hill, NSW, Methodist. | Enlisted 6 March 1916 age 20, labourer.
Nok father, Isaac Skipworth, Victoria St, Cottesloe Beach.
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| Embarkation Roll: August 1916 |
Embarked Fremantle 7 August 1916 per A28 HMAT Miltiades.
While in France he was reported missing on 11 April 1917 and later confirmed as a prisoner of the Germans.
His brief note from the POW camp to his mother that he was short of food and clothing is on file.
RTA 3 March 1919. Service medals: BWM and VM.
Online death records have his age as 79 and list his parents.
Harry is interred in Fremantle Cemetery, Palmyra, Melville City, Western Australia, Australia. Crematorium E-0012.[3]
Links
Western Australia Links:
RSLWA Home. | | State War Memorial | and Cenotaph in King's Park
Sources
- West Australia BDM records. Death reg 4700054/1975.
- ↑ NSW Registry of B M and D
- ↑ [http://cottesloersl.org.au/record/skipworth-harry-hedley/
- ↑ Interred: Find A Grave: Memorial #213342791 Harry Hedley Skipworth Accessed 27 Sep 2022
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