N243491 PRIVATE Michael Joseph (Bert) SKELLY

Date of Birth:  10 May 1914

Place of Birth: Crookwell  NSW

Next of Kin: Mr Francis Skelly - Father

Enlistment Date: 23 June 1941  

Unit: 3rd Australian Battalion, Werriwa Regiment (Militia)

Theatre of Service: New Guinea

Date of Death: 19 October 1942

Place of Death: Templeton’s Crossing, Kokoda Track, New Guinea

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Notes: No known grave, remembered at the Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea. Brother of Thomas Francis Clyde Skelly