Tom Skeyhill

by George Dance Tom Skeyhill (fl.1915) was an Australian poetryAustralian poet and a soldier in World War I.

Life
He was a regimental signaller for the second (Victorian) Infantry Brigade of the Australian armed forces. After training in Egypt, he took part in the invasion of Turkey at Gallipoli, where he was blinded during the advance on Cape Helles.

His book of war poetry, Soldier-Songs from ANAC, went through at least five editions in 1915.

Publications

 * Soldier-Songs From ANZAC Written in the Firing Line. Melbourne: George Robertson, 1915.