SNODGRASS, William Archibald Purcell
| Service Number: | 334 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/9/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A18 Wiltshire on 19 October 1914 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 8th Field Artillery Brigade Fate Returned to Australia 20 November 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Yea, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Yea Primary School |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Natural, Euroa, Victoria, Australia, 1972 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Yea School No 699 Great War Roll of Honor, Yea St. Luke's Anglican Church Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 334, 4th Light Horse Regiment, AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/9/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A18 Wiltshire on 19 October 1914 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 8th Field Artillery Brigade Fate Returned to Australia 20 November 1918 | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 334, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 334, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 334, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 1 Jan 1920: | Honoured British Empire Medal |
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When William Archibald Purcell Snodgrass was born in 1893 in Yea, Victoria, Australia, his father, William, was 33 and his mother, Flora, was 21. He married Edith Linda Shelton in 1925 in Victoria, Australia. They had one child during their marriage. He died on May 31, 1972, in Euroa, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 79.
MARRIAGE
Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), Thursday 30 July 1925, page 43
SNODGRASS—SHELTON.
Miss Edith Linda Shelton made a charming bride on Wednesday, July 15, when her marriage with Mr. W. A. P. Snodgrass, eldest son of the late Mr. W. S. P. Snodgrass, of "Kilcoy," Yea, was celebrated by the Rev. A. Scott at .St. Paul's Church, Avenel.
The bride, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Shelton, of "Belmont," Avenel, wore a gown of ivory chiffon velvet sewn with pearls and diamente, and finished with ostrich plumage. Her lovely embroidered veil, lent by Mrs. Middleton, was secured with a coronet of orange blossoms, and fell in graceful folds over a gleaming silver train lined with pale blue chiffon. A bouquet of pink and white carnations was carried.
Misses Nancy Shelton and Rita Snodgrass, as bridesmaids, wore blue tulle vails held in place with silver leaves, over their turquoise blue chiffon velvet frocks, which had an ornament of feathers and roses at one side. They received wallets from the bridegroom. Mr. Kenneth Snodgrass was best man and Mr. Jack Shelton groomsman.About seventy guests were afterwards received at the public hall, which was effectively decked with the bridegroom's battalion colors, red and white. Mrs. R. J. Shelton wore a smart suit of cinnamon repp with a hat to match, and the bridegroom's mother had oriental satln on her black charmeuse gown, and wore a hat en suite.
On leaving for the honeymoon, the bride wore a grey tweed costume and a blue hat with the bridegroom's gift, a fur necklet.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. P. Snodgrass will reside at "Kilcoy," Yea.
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