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SKELLY, Joseph McKenzie
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | VX64454, V25066 |
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Enlisted: | 16 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Parachute Battalion |
Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 11 September 1921 |
Home Town: | Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Atherton Tablelands, Australia, 8 September 1944, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Atherton War Cemetery, Queensland B.B.11 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Echuca War Memorial, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX64454 | |
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16 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 1st Parachute Battalion | |
16 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX64454 | |
17 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V25066 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Joseph Francis and Elizabeth May Skelly of Moama, NSW