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Military service
Service number:
681260
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
September 21, 1899
Death:
July 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. F. 14.
Additional information
Son of Walter and Florence Skimin, of 40, Oak St., Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Walter Morland Skimin who died on April 22, 1915 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Garnet Redvers Skimin
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Newspaper clipping
Pte. Garnet Skimin's brother was also killed during the first World War. Pte. Walter Morland Skimin, 27618, 15th Battalion Central Ontario Regiment, died on April 22nd, 1915. -
Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Family Photo
From left to right.....Walter Skimin, Arthur Skimin, Mary Charlotte Skimin, Ruby Skimin (My Grandmother), Florence Skimin (My Great Grandmother) , Private Garnet Redvers Skimin, and Violet Skimin, their brother and son Private Walter Morland Skimin died in France two years before this picture was taken.
Digital gallery of
Private Garnet Redvers Skimin
Digital gallery of
Private Garnet Redvers Skimin
Digital gallery of
Private Garnet Redvers Skimin
Digital gallery of
Private Garnet Redvers Skimin
Digital gallery of
Private Garnet Redvers Skimin
Digital gallery of
Private Garnet Redvers Skimin
Digital gallery of
Private Garnet Redvers Skimin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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