John Ernest SNADDON

SNADDON, John Ernest

Service Numbers: 409361, V77692
Enlisted: 8 August 1940
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: No. 459 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Nottingham, England, 24 April 1920
Home Town: Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, 14 July 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials: Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wangaratta Holy Trinity Cathedral Honour Roll WW2
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Warrant Officer, 409361
8 Aug 1940: Enlisted V77692
15 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 409361
15 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 409361
14 Jul 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 409361, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Ventura JT836 of 459 Squadron RAAF took off from Nicosia airfield on Cyprus on a bombing mission against the German airfield at Calato (Kalathos) on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese region

No trace of the aircraft was discovered following take-off; all of the crew were officially listed as killed in action and as their bodies were not recovered they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt

ABRAHAMS, Leo Reginald (Pilot Officer) 413503

LOVE, Frederick Raymond (Warrant Officer) 413623

SNADDON, John Ernest (Warrant Officer) 409361

YEATES, Ian Marsh (Flying Officer) 9301 

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