Sir Robert Eccles SNOWDEN

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	5 October 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 22 March 1880
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	The Hutchins School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Investor - later Politician and Tasmanian Agent-General (London)
Died:	Natural causes, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, 30 June 1934, aged 54 years
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Ashes Niche: Free Scotland, D, Number 53; Cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, United Kingdom.
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

5 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Major, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW thigh and right leg
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Major, 15th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW buttock
21 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 47th Infantry Battalion
12 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 47th Infantry Battalion
3 Oct 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in London to take up munition work in England.

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