Lance Corporal

John James Skilton

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of R. G. Skilton and Grace Skilton, of Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8467
Name:
John James Skilton
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Education: 
Next of Kin: 
Mr R.J. Skilton (father), Onekaka, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Onekaka, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Sawmill worker, 2nd class engine-driver's certificate
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 20 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
23 May 1941
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
05 January 1940
Destination:
Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
12. C. 2.
Cemetery Location: 
Greece
John James Skilton
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