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.
Gallery

Gerard Martyn Skugar
Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 6 January 1917, p. 26