SNOWDON, Frederick Leslie
| Service Number: | 2530 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 August 1915, Warwick Farm, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waterloo, New South Wales, 13 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Iron-workers assistant |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, 6 June 1969, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 5 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Warwick Farm, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2530, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2530, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 20 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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"Mrs. A. Snowdon, of 114 Morehead-street, Redfern, has received information that her husband, Private F. L. Snowdon, has been wounded (second occasion)." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 30 May 1917 (nla.gov.au)
Fred was a good mate of 296 Pte. Ernest Wilson Pinches, DCM (/explore/people/204625), and he wrote to Ernie's mother, Julia Sarah Pinches (nee Wilson) on 20 Jun 1917, telling her how his friend Ernie had died;
"Dear Mrs. Pinches, Just a few lines in deepest sympathy concerning Ernie's death. I think that you would like the facts. We charged at 4 a.m. on the morning of May 3rd, for a place called the Hindenburg line, when Ernie who was carrying the gun and the corporal were both hit badly in the thigh. I got Ern on my back and was carrying him out when I also got hit badly in the leg. We lay in a shell hole for 14 hours. Nobody could get near us as the Germans shot at everybody they saw. Ernie died from his wounds about 3 o'clock that day. I think that if I had not got shot getting him out there would have been a chance of saving Ernie's life. Yours truly, PTE. F. L. Snowdon 5th M.G. Coy."
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