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

 

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