SNEDDON, Thomas
| Service Number: | 3837 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warners Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 22 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Boolaroo, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1970, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-210. 35. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3837, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3837, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3837, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3837, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW right arm | |
| 17 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3837, 1st Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW left arm, right knee, mild |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
53 years ago today, on the 9th January 1970, Private Thomas Sneddon, 1st Battalion (Reg No-3837), labourer from Eighth Street, Boolaroo, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 75. ANGLICAN 3-210. 35.
Born at Warners Bay, New South Wales on the 22nd November 1894 to Peter and Emma Sneddon; husband? of Mary Ann Sneddon nee? (married?, died 1962, sleeping here - ANGLICAN 3-210. 37.), Thomas enlisted July 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 3.5.1916 (trench feet), 25.1.1919 (bronchitis).
Wounded in action - 22.7.1916 (SW right arm), 17.4.1918 (GSW left arm, right knee, mild).
Granted leave to England 6.8.1917 to 23.8.1917.
Thomas returned home on the 30th October 1919, being discharged on the 6th January 1920.
Mr. Sneddon’s name has been inscribed on the Boolaroo District Pictorial Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Thomas’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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