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Robert Stout Skeen

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Stout AWMM
  • Surname
    Skeen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 86809 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 May 1896 AWMM Apia, Western Samoa AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 12 August 1918 AWMM Nukalofa, Tonga, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss May Skeen (sister), 6 Buchanan Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 86809 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 12 August 1918 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Printer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW1 Private AWMM

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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 10.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      152 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark brown AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Entered Camp 16 August 1918 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • 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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  • Thank you for your service.

    Ofa 'atu
    God speed

    Nellie
    Public - Nellie - Direct descendant - 30 July 2020
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30 July 2020NellieComptonDirect descendant

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