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Stephen Alexander Skilling

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 70), Page: 12 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 70), Page: 12 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Stephen Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Skilling AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 58613 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 November 1892 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    6 November 1892 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20889605
  • Place of birth
    Ashburton, New Zealand Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20889605
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Winifred Rose Skilling (wife), care of Mrs E.J. Gray, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 58613 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
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Teamster/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Other, WWI AWMM
      Nature of injury: G.S.W. rt. ft. and fr. of oscalcis Pension: 15/- Percent: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM
    • Returned to New Zealand after being wounded in both feet and left ankle Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 August 2015 - National Library of New Zealand; Paperspast portal; http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AG19180504.2.13&srpos=216&e=--1868---1945--10-AG-211-byDA---2skilling--

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Stephen was 1 of 16 grandsons of Benjamin EDE of Hampton, Ashburton who went to the front. [In reality, 17 grandsons went to war, Thomas Victor SKILLING was a later reserve].

    The other grandsons were:
    Thomas EDE, Alfred EDE, Wallace EDE, Joseph EDE, Elrick EDE, Benjamin SCOTT, Arthur OSBORNE, Albert YAXLEY, Reginald YAXLEY, William YOUNG, Robert YOUNG, Benjamin ALDRIDGE, Arthur ALDRIDGE, Frederick ALDRIDGE and James HILLIER. Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 August 2015 - National Library of New Zealand; Paperspast portal; http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AG19170730.2.18&srpos=1&e=-------10--1----2stephen+skilling--
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Death

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  • Death
    14 July 1947 Public Source
  • Date of death
    14 July 1947 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 August 2015 - Christchurch City Council cemeteries online database; http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=113156
  • Age at death
    54 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 August 2015 - Christchurch City Council cemeteries online database; http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=113156
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Bromley Cemetery, corner of Keighleys and Linwood Avenue, Christchurch, NZ Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 August 2015 - Personal visit
  • Grave reference
    Block 16 Plot 145NS Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 August 2015 - Christchurch City Council cemeteries online database; http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=113156
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  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7817837
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      70: 12 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. AWMM

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02 August 2015SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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