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Sapper JAMES SKILLEN

Service Number: 276
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Tunnelling Corps

1st Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Panel 7.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of James and Isabella Skillen. Native of Cathrine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 54354
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