SNELL W.S.
Given Names: William Sherman
Service Number: 5444
Unit: 21st Battalion, 14th reinforcements
Rank: Private
Paybook Number: 187959
Age: 31 Yrs
Occupation: Carpenter
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Methodist
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 3¾ In
Weight: 119 Lbs
Chest: 31-34 In
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Pale
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 4/4/1916
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: WIFE Mrs Ruby Clara Snell
Childers Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 28/7/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Thermistocles A32
END OF WAR
Status: Died of wounds
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Unit: 21st Battalion
Rank: Private
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 43487
Victory Medal: 43007
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1885
Place: Kew, Victoria
Father: Richard Augustus SNELL
Mother: Elizabeth Ann SHERMAN
MARRIAGE
Year: 1911
Place: Victoria
Spouse: Ruby Louisa Clara FISHER
DEATH
Date or Year: 4/7/1918
Place: Villers-Bretonneux, France
Burial: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, France
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Kew State School
Australian War Memorial
Memorial Plaque: 347797
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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COMMENTS
In May 1914 they lived at 206 Brougham Street, Kew