SNOWBALL, Eric Charles
| Service Number: | 5434 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1914, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Train |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Illness, France, 29 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord III D 136, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Benjeroop Memorial Gates, Kew War Memorial, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Thorpdale War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5434, 1st Divisional Train, Melbourne | |
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| 12 Feb 1915: | Involvement Driver, 5434, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1915: | Embarked Driver, 5434, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Eric was born in 1892 in Carlton, Victoria to William SNOWBALL and Mary Sophia BURT
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ERIC CHARLES SNOWBALL who died of wounds in an Australian Clearing Station in France on 29th June 1917 was the son of the late Wm. Snowball (No. 858 on the School Roll) .
He was born in 1893 and was at the School in 1909 and 1910. On
leaving School he went on to the land and was a farmer at Lake Charm, near Swan Hill, when he enlisted and joined the 1st Divisional Train, 3rd Army Service Corps.
He was severely injured in June 1916, but after he was convalescent he rejoined his unit, and death resulted from wounds received twelve months later.
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