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David Leslie SNOWDON

Regimental number9522
Place of birthWangaratta, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 8.5"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinWilliam Snowdon
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 August 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 RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAnzac Provost Corps
FateReturned to Australia 2 August 1919
Discharge date26 October 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 9523 Driver Percy Claude SNOWDON, Anzac Provost Corps, returned to Australia, 15 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; 9524 Corporal Stanley Gordon SNOWDON, Anzac Provost Corps, returned to Australia, 31 March 1920.
Other details

War service: Egypt

Taken on strength, Anzac Provost Corps from 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, 3 April 1916.

Detached to General Headquarters, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 29 January 1918.

Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 23 February 1919 (syphilis); discharged to duty, 2 April 1919; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 39 days.

Commenced return to Australia from Kantara on board HT 'Delta', 2 August 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 3 September 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Melbourne, 26 October 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, SNOWDON David Leslie

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