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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Disembarked: 

Unit:  21st Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

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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

Kew Rotary