Gerard Martyn Skugar
Alias | Gerald Martin, Gegard Marlyn |
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Russian spelling | Герард Скугар |
Born | 24.11.1894 |
Place | Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania |
Ethnic origin | Polish |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Father | Antoni Skugar |
Mother | Kate (Constance) Skugar |
Contacts | Arrived together with [Stanley Skowronski](../SkowronskiS) |
Arrived at Australia |
from Poland via Bremen on 8.02.1914 per Zieten disembarked at Sydney |
Residence before enlistment | Brisbane, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Bundaberg |
Occupation | 1916 sailor; 1939 labourer, 1940 miner |
Naturalisation | 1940 |
Residence after the war | Grantham NSW, Doonside Soldiers Settlement NSW, Sydney, Yerra, Qld, Brisbane |
Died | 2.09.1951, Sydney |
Service #1
Service number | 2160 |
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Enlisted | 2.05.1916 |
Place of enlistment | Rockhampton, Qld |
Unit | 41st Battalion |
Rank | Private |
Place | Western Front, 1917-1918 |
Casualties | WIA 1918 |
Awards | 15.09.18 MM (special R.G.), France (LG 24/01/1919) |
Final fate | RTA 12.12.1918 |
Discharged | 26.03.1919 MU |
Service #2 – WWII
Service number | Q185921 |
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Enlisted | 14.02.1940 |
Unit | HQ Northern command |
Discharged | 17.07.1940 |
Materials
Naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised WWI service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Digitised recommendation for award (AWM)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Central district volunteers. - Capricornian, Rockhampton, 13 May 1916, p. 7.
Poland. - Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 1933, p. 14.
Poland's national day. - Sydney Morning Herald, 8 May 1933, p. 10.
Distinguished foreigner missing. - Lithgow Mercury, 13 September 1933, p. 1.
Mr G. Skugar. Strange disappearance. - Sydney Morning Herald, 13 September 1933, p. 13.
Missing man sought here. - Daily News, Perth, 26 October 1933, p. 5.
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Gerard Martyn Skugar, a Polish sailor from Vilno, [at Somme, August 1918] 'single-handed, rushed and captured a machine gun and its crew'. Skugar, who was awarded the Military Medal, 'continued to do excellent work throughout the fight' until finally being severely wounded in head.