Regimental number | 282 |
Place of birth | Gilmerton, Scotland |
Age on arrival in Australia | As a baby |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | West Maitland, New South Wales |
Marital status | Widower |
Age at embarkation | 44 |
Next of kin | Brother, Charles Sneddor, Sawyers Gully Road, Weston, West Maitland, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Royal Navy as a lad. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Mining Corps 1, Company 1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 48 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 45 |
Place of burial | Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Plot VII, Row K, Grave No. 21), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 27 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Father of Walter SNEDDON, "Glen Esk", Howard Street, Canterbury, New South Wales. Native of Gilmerton, Scotland |
Family/military connections | Son: 3124 Sapper Walter Fitzgerald SNEDDON, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, returned to Australia. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |