Skinn, George Henry (4924)
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 33 years 11 months
Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 10 November 1915 – Adelaide, SA
Service Number: 4924 view online service record
Address:
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Ida Skinn (wife)
Frost Street
Brompton, SA
Embarkation Details:
Date: Thursday, 9 March 1916
Ship: RMS Mongolia
Port: Adelaide, SA
Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion – 15th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Wednesday, 22 January 1919
Discharged: Monday, 14 April 1919
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Brian Membrey
Earlier served during the Boer War as 383, Trooper, 5 South Australian Imperial Bushmen He was listed as born in Port Melbourne (Victorian BDM has Emerald Hill), but apparently with no other connection to the suburb. Noted as with six children when he enlisted for WW1. Skinn died on 18 August, 1952 and was buried in the A.I.F. Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide.