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Sergeant WILLIAM FRANCIS SKINNER

Service Number: 2795
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

59th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XI. D. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William Francis and Jessie Maud Skinner, of Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS NOBLE END
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