Thomas SKELLON

Regimental number23/2089
True NameSKELLON, Tom Handley
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFriend, J Kinch, 44 Bell Street Wanganui
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
E Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 47 Willochra and HMNZT 48 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 21 September 1916
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 37), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs S.E. Skellon, Newton, Auckland
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 54979 Bertrand Bow SKELLON; 26/1721 George Elice SKELLON; 58083 Ivo Hensby SKELTON
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly recorded on Nominal Roll as SKILLON.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 29

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