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Private Elmer Garnet Skinner
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Private Elmer Garnet Skinner

Birth
Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Death
10 Oct 1918 (aged 20)
At Sea
Monument
Southampton, Southampton Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England Add to Map
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3039610 Private Elmer Garnet Skinner.
The Canadian Infantry.
Central Ontario Regiment
3rd Reserve Battalion.

Elmer Garnet Skinner was a son of Ida Skinner, of 345, Manning Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He was born on 4th January 1898.
He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Overseas Force, on 1st June 1918, at Toronto.
His occupation prior to enlisting, was as a Barber.

He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes from a German Submarine in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was not recovered.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
3039610 Private Elmer Garnet Skinner.
The Canadian Infantry.
Central Ontario Regiment
3rd Reserve Battalion.

Elmer Garnet Skinner was a son of Ida Skinner, of 345, Manning Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He was born on 4th January 1898.
He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Overseas Force, on 1st June 1918, at Toronto.
His occupation prior to enlisting, was as a Barber.

He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes from a German Submarine in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was not recovered.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z

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