SNELL, Alexander George Henry
| Service Number: | 929 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness (Pneumonia), Mudros, Greece, 13 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row 9, Grave 248 Headstone inscription reads: As the ivy clings to the oak my memory clings to Thee, East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 929, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 929, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 929, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of George and Mary Snell of Gaffney Street, Railway Town, Broken Hill, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to Annie May Bridges to be held for his children
Father of two ex-nuptial children Gertrude Emily Thorogood and Marjory May Thorogood who were in the custody of Mrs Annie May Bridges (nee Thorogood) of Bonanza Lease, Broken Hill, NSW
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of George and Mary Snell of Gaffney Street, Railway Town, Broken Hill, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to Annie May Bridges to be held for his children
Father of two ex-nuptial children Gertrude Emily Thorogood and Marjory May Thorogood who were in the custody of Mrs Annie May Bridges (nee Thorogood) of Bonanza Lease, Broken Hill, NSW