SNEYD, Howard William
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Toorak, SA, 13 February 1923 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Prince Alfred College |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Indonesia, 1 March 1942, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial |
World War 2 Service
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Signalman Howard William Sneyd, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sneyd, of Commercial road, Hyde Park, served on board the Yarra for 15 months before joining the Perth on January 22. He is a distant relative of Admiral Sneyd, who served with the Royal Navy in the last war, and of Capt. Sneyd. who was formerly stationed at the Flinders Naval Depot.
He enlisted in the Navy at 16, just before the outbreak of war. His first ship was the Yarra, in which he served for about 15 months. He was invalided home last September, and was at Flinders Naval Depot before he was drafted to Perth. Sig Sneyd, who was 19 on February 13, was educated at Prince Alfred College.