Private

Edmund Skillicorn

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Only son of Abraham and the late Elizabeth Skillicorn, of 88, Broad St., Palmerston North, New Zealand. Native of Gisborne.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/4489
Name:
Edmund Skillicorn
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Miss Skillicorn (sister), 201 South Street, Gisborne, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Butcher
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Auckland Regiment, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
08 October 1916
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
35
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
01 April 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 49
HMNZT 50
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
B. 16. 58.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Edmund Skillicorn
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