Regimental number | 9524 |
Place of birth | Milawa, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, William Snowdon, Springhurst, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, 14th Reinforcements |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMATA70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Provost Corps |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 9522 Driver David Leslie SNOWDON, Anzac Provost Corps, returned to Australia, 2 August 1919; 9523 Driver Percy Claude SNOWDON, Australian Provost Corps, returned to Australia, 16 May 1919; 3109 Sergeant Robert Charles SNOWDON, 40th Bn, returned to Australia, 18 December 1919; 349 Pte Thomas Ernest SNOWDON, 1st Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 29 November 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 18 February 1916; taken on strength, Anzac Provost Corps, Abbassia, 3 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 15 June 1916. Admitted to 55th General Hospital, Calais, 29 July 1916 (varicocele); transferred to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 29 July 1916; to Base Details (unfit), Boulogne, 30 July 1916. Attached for duty to 1st Anzac Corps Headquarters (date not recorded);rejoined unit from attachment to Headquarters, 3 January 1917. Admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 14 February 1917 (German Measles); transferred to Ambulance Train No 9, 26 February 1917; admitted to 51st General Hospital, Etaples, 12 March 1917 (gonorrhoea); discharged to Base Details, 29 April 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 75 days. Rejoined Provost Corps, 9 May 1917, and attached to 1st Anzac Field Punishment Compound. Admitted to 56th Casualty Clearing Station, 29 May 1917 (rectal abscess); transferred to Ambulance Train No 29, 30 May 1917, and admitted to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 31 May 1917. Transferred to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 23 June 1917; to No 11 Convalescent Depot, Buchy, 27 June 1917. Admitted to 40th Stationary Hospital, Harfleur, 16 August 1917 (fistula); transferred to England, 5 September 1917, and admitted to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, 6 September 1917. Discharged on furlough, 14 December 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 28 December 1917. Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 25 December 1917; discharged, 26 February 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 64 days. Marched into Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, 26 February 1918; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 9 March 1918. Admitted to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 19 March 1918 (fistula); discharged to No 1 Command Depot, 22 March 1918. Marched out to Australian Provost Corps Headquarters, Tidworth, 8 April 1918. Appointed Acting Lance Corporal, 15 October 1918; promoted Temporary Corporal, 14 november 1918. Promoted ER/2nd Corporal, 10 February 1919, and retained rank of Temporary Corporal. On duty with Australian Provost Corps at Warminster Detention Barracks, 1 September 1919; marched into Australian Provost Corps, London, 26 February 1920. Granted leave subject to recall, 26 February 1920. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Wahehe', 31 March 1920; disembarked Melbourne, 20 May 1920; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Melbourne, 19 August 1920. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SNOWDON Stanley Gordon |