Edward George SKILLING

Regimental number10/42
Date of birth1 June 1880
Place of birthLakeside, New Zealand
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationRailway employee
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 10"
Weight165 lbs
Next of kinMrs E Thomas, Halcombe
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWellington
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 15th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Manuka on 13 July 1916
Final rankTPR
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 11 July 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine.

Ex Main Body.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HMAT 'Port Sydney', 11 July 1917; disembarked New Zealand, 25 October 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service - rheumatic fever), 24 January 1918.

Total war service: 3 years 151 days (of which 2 years 256 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death3 September 1943, Hokitika
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 35, p. 4
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7817836

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