Tom Skeyhill
Thomas John Skeyhill (1895-1932) was born in 1895 to Annie and James Percy Skeyhill in Terang, Victoria.[1] He was a signaler in the Australian Army in World War I and was blinded.[1] He ghostwrote an account about Alvin York, which was later made into a movie of the same name in 1941.[1] He was killed in a plane crash at Barnstable Municipal Airport and was buried with military honors in West Dennis, Massachusetts, where he had a summer home.[1]
“Halt! Thy tread is on heroes' graves
Australian lads lie sleeping below:
Just rough wooden crosses at their heads
To let their comrades know.
They'd sleep no better for marble slabs,
Nor monuments so grand
They lie content, now their day is done
In that far-off foreign land.”
Tom Skeyhill
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Moloney, Gerald A., "Skeyhill, Thomas John (1895–1932)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 22 August 2018
Further reading[]
- Brownrigg, Jeff (September 2007). "From Anzac Cove to Hollywood : Alvin C. York's role in the career of Tom Skeyhill". National Library of Australia News. 17 (12): 7–10. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1932 deaths
- Australian Army soldiers
- People from Dennis, Massachusetts
- People from Victoria (Australia)
- Australian military personnel stubs