Leonard Walter SNELL

SNELL, Leonard Walter

    Service Number: 234
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
    Born: West Perth, Western Australia, 1887
    Home Town: West Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Produce merchant/Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 11 May 1918
    Cemetery: Borre British Cemetery
    Plot 1, Row A, Grave 34. Rev. Hayden officiated, Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 1, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 234, 11th Infantry Battalion, Helena Vale, Western Australia
    2 Nov 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 234, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 234, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 234, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    29 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 234, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 234, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
    11 May 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 234, 11th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France)

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Brother of C.L. Snell and Mrs. Kathleen De V Saw. Husband of Alice Frances Snell

    10 March 1916 - Charged with disobeying lawful command from a spuerior officer in that he ordered to parade with his platoon at an out post he failed to do so. Sentence 2 years imprisonment with hard labour

    29 May 1916 - Returned to Australia on Seang Bee as prisoner for Court Martial

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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