Samuel McSKIMMING

Regimental number8/2090
AddressPost Office, Queenstown
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, S McSkimming, Queenstown, Otago
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 24 Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 20 June 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 211), Bailleul, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Sarah McSkimming, Usk Street, Oamaru.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fifth

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