John SNEDDON

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Service Number:	4598
Enlisted:	23 August 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Carronshore, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1878
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, Carronshore, Scotland
Occupation:	Iron Dresser
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 March 1918
Cemetery:	Wytschaete Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row A, Grave 8, Wytschaete Military Cemetery, Wytschaete, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

23 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4598, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Transferred from the 13 Battalion to the 5th Pioneer Battalion
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 4598, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 4598, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
21 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 4598, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4598 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-21

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Son of Joseph and Jane Sneddon of Carronshore, Falkirk, Scotland; brother of George Sneddon of Sneddon's Buildings, Carronshore

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal