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Name	William Skene
Born	14 December, 1875 Branxholme, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 December, 1900 (aged 24) Nootgedacht, South Africa
Cause of Death	killed in action
Related Entries	[View as tree] Skene, Ann (aunt) Skene, William Robertson (uncle) Skene, John Laurence (uncle) Skene, Jean (grandmother)
Education *	Hamilton and Western District College (Vic) (student, 1888-1891) Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (student, 1892-1893)
Occupation or Descriptor *	defence forces personnel (British) (1899-1900) Overseas
Military Service *	Boer War (British soldier)
Properties *	Marnoo (Vic) (stationhand, ?-1899)

* Dates are approximate

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