2419 Frank SKEGGS

Date of enlistment	13^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action on three occasions Appointed Lance Corporal

Photograph of Lance Corporal Skeggs taken with C Company 22nd Battalion, Franvillers, 30th May 1918. Private Skeggs is seated seventh from the left in the front row of the website banner photograph.

Summary of Lance Corporal Skeggs WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
1^st March 1920	Australia	Discharged
1^st February 1919	Australia	Disembarked Nestor at Melbourne
12^th December 1918	England	Return to Australia on Nestor
26^th November 1918	England	Transferred to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
18^th November 1918	England	Transferred to 2^nd Auxiliary Hospital Southall
20^th October 1918	England	Absent without leave. Severely reprimanded
1^st September 1918	England	Admitted to 2/1^st Southern General Hospital Birmingham
30^th August 1918	France	Invalided to England – loss of right arm above elbow
29^th August 1918	France	To 6^th General Hospital Rouen
27^th August 1918	France	Wounded in Action (3^rd occasion) – gunshot wound right arm, and admitted to 53 CCS
21^st August 1918	France	Appointed Lance Corporal
14^th October 1917	Belgium	Taken on Strength to 22^nd Battalion
9^th October 1917	England	Marched out from No.3 Command Depot Hurdcott and proceeded overseas to France via Southampton
19^th September 1917	England	Transferred back to 22^nd Battalion
28^th April 1917	England	Transferred to and Taken on Strength 66^th Battalion at Windmill Hill
6^th April 1917	England	Marched in to Training Depot Perham Down
22^nd March 1917	England	Discharged from hospital to furlough
20^th January 1917	France	Embarked on Glenart Castle from Le Havre, and admitted 3^rd London General Hospital
16^th January 1917	France	To 6^th General Hospital Rouen
14^th January 1917	France	Wounded in Action (2^nd occasion) – gunshot wound forearm
24^th November 1916	France	Re-joined Battalion
13^th November 1916	France	Marched in to 2^nd ADBD
21^st September 1916	England	Transferred to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down
9^th September 1916	France	Embarked on HS Dieppe at Calais for England, and admitted St.Lukes war Hospital Halifax
24^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound right arm, and admitted to No.1 Canadian General Hospital
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot