SNELL R.
Given Names: Reuben
Service Number: 2936
Unit: Div. Ammunition Column, No. 3 Section
Rank: Driver
Paybook Number:
Age: 22 Yrs 4 Mths
Occupation: Carpenter
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Methodist
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 4 In
Weight: 134 Lbs
Chest: 33-35½ In
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Grey
Complexion: Fresh
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 19/8/1914
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: WIFE Mrs Margaret Snell
Vincent Street, Surrey Hills, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 20/10/1914
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Shropshire A9
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Orsova
Embarked: 8/1/1919
Disembarked: 27/2/1919
Unit: 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Rank: Gunner
Discharge Date: 28/4/1919
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 27469
British War Medal: 682
Victory Medal: 682
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 21/4/1892
Place: Kew, Victoria
Father: Richard Augustus SNELL
Mother: Elizabeth Mary Ann SHERMAN
MARRIAGE
Year: 1913
Place:
Spouse: Margaret Laura WRIGHT
DEATH
Date or Year: 15/7/1947
Place: Melbourne, Victoria
Burial: Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 26/8/1918; gassed
MEMORIALS
Kew State School
Kew War Memorial
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
Service Number: V85566
Date Enlisted: 27/6/1940
Date Discharged: 9/2/1942
COMMENTS
FURTHER INFORMATION