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Bunny Perrin Skerrett

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Roll of Honour, Ranfurly Veterans' Home, detail, 7th Contingent - Irregular Forces, (photo J. Halpin September 2011) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Roll of Honour, Ranfurly Veterans' Home, detail, 7th Contingent - Irregular Forces, (photo J. Halpin …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bunny Perrin AWMM
  • Surname
    Skerrett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    South African 3126 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single/South African AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
  • Service number
    South African 3126 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa 1897 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    Apr 1900 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., South Africa AWMM
    Wounded Faurensbury, Orange River Colony AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Peter Joseph Skerrett, a quartermaster sergeant in India and Margaret (nee Wilkinson) Skerrett. Brother of Charles Perrin Skerrett, Chief Justice of NZ.

    Fought in the Rhodesia, Matabele and South Africa Wars. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    21 April 1900 AWMM
    South Africa, Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: The Transvaal War. Evening Star , Issue 11261, 7 June 1900, Page 2 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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