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Stanley Gordon SNOWDON

Regimental number9524
Place of birthMilawa, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 9"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Snowdon, Springhurst, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Unit name3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, 14th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMATA70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Provost Corps
FateReturned to Australia 31 March 1920
Discharge date19 August 1920
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 9522 Driver David Leslie SNOWDON, Anzac Provost Corps, returned to Australia, 2 August 1919; 9523 Driver Percy Claude SNOWDON, Australian Provost Corps, returned to Australia, 16 May 1919; 3109 Sergeant Robert Charles SNOWDON, 40th Bn, returned to Australia, 18 December 1919; 349 Pte Thomas Ernest SNOWDON, 1st Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 29 November 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 18 February 1916; taken on strength, Anzac Provost Corps, Abbassia, 3 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 15 June 1916.

Admitted to 55th General Hospital, Calais, 29 July 1916 (varicocele); transferred to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 29 July 1916; to Base Details (unfit), Boulogne, 30 July 1916.

Attached for duty to 1st Anzac Corps Headquarters (date not recorded);rejoined unit from attachment to Headquarters, 3 January 1917.

Admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 14 February 1917 (German Measles); transferred to Ambulance Train No 9, 26 February 1917; admitted to 51st General Hospital, Etaples, 12 March 1917 (gonorrhoea); discharged to Base Details, 29 April 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 75 days.

Rejoined Provost Corps, 9 May 1917, and attached to 1st Anzac Field Punishment Compound.

Admitted to 56th Casualty Clearing Station, 29 May 1917 (rectal abscess); transferred to Ambulance Train No 29, 30 May 1917, and admitted to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 31 May 1917. Transferred to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 23 June 1917; to No 11 Convalescent Depot, Buchy, 27 June 1917.

Admitted to 40th Stationary Hospital, Harfleur, 16 August 1917 (fistula); transferred to England, 5 September 1917, and admitted to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, 6 September 1917. Discharged on furlough, 14 December 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 28 December 1917.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 25 December 1917; discharged, 26 February 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 64 days.

Marched into Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, 26 February 1918; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 9 March 1918.

Admitted to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 19 March 1918 (fistula); discharged to No 1 Command Depot, 22 March 1918. Marched out to Australian Provost Corps Headquarters, Tidworth, 8 April 1918.

Appointed Acting Lance Corporal, 15 October 1918; promoted Temporary Corporal, 14 november 1918.

Promoted ER/2nd Corporal, 10 February 1919, and retained rank of Temporary Corporal.

On duty with Australian Provost Corps at Warminster Detention Barracks, 1 September 1919; marched into Australian Provost Corps, London, 26 February 1920.

Granted leave subject to recall, 26 February 1920.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Wahehe', 31 March 1920; disembarked Melbourne, 20 May 1920; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Melbourne, 19 August 1920.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SNOWDON Stanley Gordon

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