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Private HERBERT GEORGE SKELTON

Service Number: 3286A
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

49th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE

VI. G. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Emily Skelton. Native of Dalby, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription HE SACRIFICED ALL BUT GOD WILL BE NO MAN'S DEBTOR
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 772
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