SNOWDON (SNOWDEN)  G.

Given Names:  George

               

Service Number:  18416

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 7, HQ                                                                                   

Rank:  Armourer Artificer (W.O. Class 1)                                                                          

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Age:  29 Yrs   

Occupation:  Fitter & Turner                                                                                           

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  6/5/1916

Place: 

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Ethel Snowden

4 Valentine Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  11/5/1916

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Armadale A26

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  Australian Army Ordinance Corps                                                                                         

Rank:  Warrant Officer (Class 1)

Discharge Date:                                       

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  Awarded

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:    Military Cross

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  7/11/1886

Place:  Bentick, England                          

Father:            

Mother:  Eve STEWART

 

MARRIAGE

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Spouse: Ethel GARNER

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 8/10/1953                          

Place: Parkville, Victoria                          

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

File for WW1 & WW2 amalgamated

Military Cross gazetted 1/1/1918

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VP7586                                       

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged:  30/11/1946

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary