Robert Henry McSKIMMING

Regimental number16328
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs R McSkimming, Patearoa, Central Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Moeraki on 10 August 1916
Final rankTrooper
Final unitNo 16 (New Zealand) Company, Imperial Camel Corps
FateKilled in Action 28 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialRamleh War Cemetery (Row B, Grave No 28), Ramla, Israel
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Robert McSkimming, of Patearoa, Otago.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 4

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