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Ernest Albert Skeet

  • Service number
    3543 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles - 6th Contingent No 18 Coy Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
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South African War Memorial, on a wall near RSA entranceway, Gisborne. "Volunteers from Poverty Bay who served in the Sth African War 1899-1902". Image kindly provided by Paul Baker (December 2008). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Lance Corporal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Ernest Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Skeet AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    3543 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1869 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1869 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Robert Miller & Mary Skeet Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record & Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Gladstone Road, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Building Contractor Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    mother - Mrs Skeet of Gladstone Rd, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles - 6th Contingent No 18 Coy Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    3543 AWMM
  • Military service
    1901-1902 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1901-1902 SA War Medal with clasps Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Carpenter in Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    31 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record

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
    Lance Corporal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father was named Robert Miller Skeet. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    15 February 1939 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Opotiki Cemeteries Records
  • Age at death
    70 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Opotiki Cemeteries Records
  • Place of death
    Waiotahi, Opotiki, BOP, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Opotiki Cemeteries Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Opotiki Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Opotiki Cemetery Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Opotiki Cemeteries Records
  • Grave reference
    Grave No/Sec: 4F [ section F-L]; Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Opotiki Cemeteries Records
  • Obituary
    20 Feb 1900 - MR. E. A. SKEET OPOTIKI, Sunday - The death has occurred in Opotiki of Mr. Ernest Albert Skeet, aged 70 years. Mr Skeet was the youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs R M Skeet, of Gisborne, and spent the greater part of his life in the Poverty Bay district. He was well known to settlers throughout Poverty Bay as a building contractor. He had been living in retirement in Opotiki for six years. In his younger days Mr Skeet was one of Gisborne's most prominent Rugby players, gaining representative honours in several seasons. He served in the South African War, leaving New Zealand with the Sixth Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23276, 20 February 1939, Page 12
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's SA Boer War Memorial- refer document attached, 'Gisborne Boys in the SA Boer War' Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 August 2015 - Opotiki Cemeteries Records
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne AWMM

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03 August 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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