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Philip Robert Skilton

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  • Service number
    • WWI 6/2346 AWMM
    • 41832 Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - NZDF files
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Air Force Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - Family, NZDF
  • Last rank
  • War
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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 667 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 667 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Philip Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Skilton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 6/2346 AWMM
    • 41832 Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - NZDF files
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 August 1893 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Thomas Mark Skilton (father), Puramahoi, Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    Pacific Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - NZDF
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Air Force Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - Family, NZDF
  • Service number
    • WWI 6/2346 AWMM
    • 41832 Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - NZDF files
  • Military service
    • No.1 IWS, BDRP Is Santos Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - NZDF files
    • Patrol man, Bushman Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - NZDF, family
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW11, 4/2/1941 Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - Air Force certificate of service
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    47years 6 months Public - Kay - Other Relative - 30 April 2015 - Military records

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Florence Octavia Skilton and Thomas Mark Skilton.

    Six sons, brothers, served in WW1: John James Skilton (6/2345) kia, Neal Skilton (68848), Philip Robert Skilton (6/2346), Rupert George Skilton (6/722)], Sidney Tom Skilton (7/782), Vincent Mark Skilton (12/3275). AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1989 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 667 AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
17 January 2020AllanRotoruaResearcher
11 October 2016Pamela Vinsen-ThomasNelson New ZealandOther relative
30 April 2015KayNew ZealandOther Relative

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