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Walter SNADDEN (1880 - 1917)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Walter SNADDEN (1880 - 1917)	James SNADDEN (1858 - 1921)	James SNADDEN (1822 - 1878)	Walter SNADDEN (1791 - 1878)
				Elizabeth (Betty) PATTERSON (1795 - 1862)
			Euphemia PATTERSON (1824 - 1900)	James PATTERSON
				Unknown (PATTERSON)
		Agnes WILSON (1858 - 1895)	David WILSON
			Ophelia COLLINS

b. 1880 at Victoria, Australia

d. 08 Mar 1917 at Rouen, France aged 37

Near Relatives of Walter SNADDEN (1880 - 1917)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	James SNADDEN	30 Mar 1822	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	01 Jan 1878	Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	55
Grandmother	Euphemia PATTERSON	21 Aug 1824	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	05 Jun 1900	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	75
Grandfather	David WILSON
Grandmother	Ophelia COLLINS
Father	James SNADDEN	15 Jul 1858	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	16 Jul 1921	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	63
Mother	Agnes WILSON	abt 1858		1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	37
Step Mother	Leura Catherine PEDDLE	01 Jan 1880	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	15 May 1960	Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia	80
Self	Walter SNADDEN	1880	Victoria, Australia	08 Mar 1917	Rouen, France	37
Brother	James Wilson SNADDEN	1882	Victoria, Australia	22 Mar 1952	Perth, WA, Australia	70
Sister	Euphemia Paterson (Dorothy Dorrie) SNADDEN	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1961	Chel, Victoria, Australia	77
Brother	Robert Paterson SNADDEN	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1946	Seddon, Victoria, Australia	59
Brother	Harold Lyall SNADDEN	1889	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1976	Park, Victoria, Australia	87
Half Brother	Herbert John SNADDEN	22 Mar 1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	65
Half Sister	Effie (?Euphemia) Jean SNADDEN	26 Oct 1911	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	18 Jul 1951	Spotswood, Victoria, Australia	39
Uncle	Walter SNADDEN	14 Sep 1849	Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	13 Aug 1928	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	78
Aunt	Margaret Cassie SMITH	1861	Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia	20 Nov 1944	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	83
Uncle	James SNADDEN	abt 1850		bef 1858		8
Aunt	Elizabeth SNADDEN	25 Dec 1853	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	15 Oct 1872	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia	18
Uncle	William DE LA GARD	abt 1839		1902	Annandale, NSW, Australia	63
Aunt	Euphemia SNADDEN	16 May 1855	Keilor, Victoria, Australia	03 Jul 1943	Victoria, Australia	88
Aunt	Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN	19 Sep 1860	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	28 Oct 1951	E Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	91
Uncle	William John ORR	07 Sep 1862	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1942	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	80
Aunt	Margaret SNADDEN	15 Mar 1863	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	30 Jan 1938	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	74
Uncle	William Valentine Oliver SNAITH	1860	Ashbourne, Victoria, Australia	13 Jan 1943	577 Barkley St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	83
Aunt	Mary SNADDEN	22 Jul 1865	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	04 Dec 1952	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Uncle	George Henry SMITH	09 Aug 1867	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	11 Nov 1928	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	61
Cousin	Eleanor May SNADDEN	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	89
Cousin	George Patterson SNADDEN	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1966	Croydon, Victoria, Australia	81
Cousin	Jessie Allison SNADDEN	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1974	Kew, Victoria, Australia	87
Cousin	Marguerita (Rita) Grainger SNADDEN	21 Jan 1896	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1959	Victoria, Australia	63
Cousin	Elizabeth Euphemia DE LA GARD	14 Oct 1872	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia	1955	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Cousin	William James ORR	1884	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1954	Elwood, Victoria	70
Cousin	Jessie ORR	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1948	Edon, Victoria, Australia	63
Cousin	Florrie ORR	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	21
Cousin	Robert Wells ORR	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	11 Apr 1917	Bullecourt, France	27
Cousin	Archibald William SNAITH	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1977	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	84
Cousin	May Eleanor SNAITH	05 May 1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	78
Cousin	Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH	1897	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1988	Victoria, Australia	91
Cousin	Jno (?Jonothan) SNAITH	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Lillie SNAITH	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Violet Beatrice SNAITH	1901	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1980	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	79
Cousin	William Charles SMITH	25 Mar 1891	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	14 Jun 1977	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Cousin	Ethel Agnes SMITH	03 Aug 1892	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	11 Feb 1984	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Cousin	Harold George SMITH	08 Jan 1894	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	14 May 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey	21
Cousin	Herbert Frank SMITH	14 Jun 1896	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	20 Feb 1963	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	66
Cousin	Roy Snadden SMITH	06 Aug 1898	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	16 Jan 1969	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Percy James SMITH	30 Mar 1904	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	22 Oct 1959	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	55
Cousin	Elva Muriel SMITH	06 May 1913	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	2015	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	102
Nephew	John Wilson NEILSON	17 May 1921	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Charles Robert NEILSON	10 Sep 1922	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Margaret Jean SNADDEN	1913	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	15 Jun 1971	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	58
Niece	Alethia Monica SNADDEN	1914	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	2003		89
Niece	Mary Joyce SNADDEN	abt 1922	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	2011	Sunbury, Victoria, Australia	89
Nephew	Ian Richards SNADDEN	abt 1937		1942	Fairfield Hospital, Victoria	5
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Alison Jean MCCOID	1933	Carlton, Victoria, Australia	1995	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia	62
Sister in Law	Elizabeth (Eliza) KREPP	1873	Portland, Victoria, Australia	29 Jan 1937	Cue, West Australia, Australia	64
Brother in Law	John Edward (Jack) NEILSON	26 Feb 1884	Pooncarie, Wentworth, NSW, Australia	03 Mar 1967	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	83
Sister in Law	Margaret Jean LIVINGSTON	1887	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia	1933	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	46
Sister in Law	Fanny Margaret OGORMAN	1898	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1967	Essendon, Victoria, Australia	69
Sister in Law	Jean Marguerite TREW
Brother in Law	Peter Hilland MCCOID	16 Apr 1904	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1960	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	56

Events in Walter SNADDEN (1880 - 1917)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1880		Walter SNADDEN was born	Victoria, Australia	Reg No 8959/1880	22
1895	15	Death of mother Agnes WILSON (aged 37)	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	60
1903	23	Residence	107 Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	37
1909	29	Residence	107 Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	37
1914	34	Residence	107 Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	37
16 Mar 1915	35	Military Service	155 Buckley St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	64
08 Mar 1917	37	Walter SNADDEN died	Rouen, France	Note 6	60, 64
10 Mar 1917	37	Burial	St. Sever Cemetery Grave No 1247, France	Note 7	90

Note 1: last child Harold born in 1889 Possible Reg No 5485/1895 - Footscray - age 37 - parents David Wilson and Ophelia Collins If above true, born c 1858 The Age (Melbourne) 13 April 1895 SNADDEN.— The Friends of Mr. James SNADDEN are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late wife Agnes to the place of interment, the Footscray Cemetery. The funeral is appointed to move from his residence, Albert-street, Footscray, THIS DAY (Satur day), 13th inst., at 2.30 o'clock.

Note 2: electoral roll/Melbourne Ports/Footscray Middle

Note 3: electoral roll/Maribyrnong/Footscray Middle

Note 4: SNADDEN Euphemia - tailoress; Euphemia junior - hd; Harold - quarryman; Walter - labourer

Note 5: Walter SNADDEN Regimental number 270 Religion Presbyterian Occupation Labourer Address 155 Buckley Street, Footscray Marital status Single Age at embarkation 35 Next of kin Father, James Snadden, 155 Buckley Street, Footscray Enlistment date 16 March 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 24th Battalion, A Company AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/41/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915 Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal Unit from Nominal Roll 24th Battalion Fate Died of wounds 8 March 1917 Place of burial St. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 5), Rouen, France Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 103

Note 6: National Archives of Australia GSW right thigh Walter SNADDEN Regimental number 270 Religion Presbyterian Occupation Labourer Address 155 Buckley Street, Footscray Marital status Single Age at embarkation 35 Next of kin Father, James Snadden, 155 Buckley Street, Footscray Enlistment date 16 March 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 24th Battalion, A Company AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/41/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915 Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal Unit from Nominal Roll 24th Battalion Fate Died of wounds 8 March 1917 Place of burial St. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 5), Rouen, France Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 103 The Age (Melbourne) 9 Mar 1918 SNADDEN. — In fond remembrance of our dear brother, Corp. Walter Snadden, late of 24th Battalion, died from wounds received in France. Sth March, 1017. 'Tis sweet to know we'll meet agaln, Where parting is no more And that the ones we loved so dear Have only gone before. An Anzac. — Inserted by his brothers, Jim and Harold (on active service) and his sister, Dorrle. The Argus 14 March 1917 SNADDEN- Died of wounds in 5th General Hospital, on the 3rd March, Corporal Walter Snadden, dearly beloved eldest son of James and late Agnes Snadden, Buckley street. Footscray; brother of James, Euphemia, Robert, Harold, Herbert. and Effie; aged 36 years. Independent (Footscray) 17 March 1917 ROLL OF HONOR CPL. WALTER SNADDEN. After two years' service Corporal Walter Snadden is reported dead of wounds on March 8. He was a member of the 21th Battalion. A.I.F. He went through the Gallipoli campaign, was at Lonesome Pines and saw all the hard fighting in France without a respite. He was wounded in the arm at Gallipoli, and nearly buried alive at Lonesome Pines. He suffered two attacks of malaria fever. He was in delirium for three days and was so bad that he had to be straight jacketed. Once, he was in hospital for three days, and should have stayed longer but with indomitable pluck he moved out when his battalion moved rather than be separated. For a time he was directing a gang of Kaffirs on road-making in France. Strenuous days he led. Only one day's leave did he have. In his case it was very true, as someone has said that the Australians were the highest paid and the hardest worked men in the lines. Corporal Snadden was the eldest son of Mr James Snadden, of Buckley st., 36 years of age, and single. He was a machine engineer at Eldridge's Stanlard Quarries before enlisting. Two brothers are on service. Harold is with the Light Horse in Egypt and James with the Army Service Corps in France. Captain Orr, late of Albert street, is a cousin.

Note 7: GSW right thigh Corp Walter Snadden VVETERAN BIRTH 1880 Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia DEATH 8 Mar 1917 (aged 36–37) France BURIAL Saint Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Show MapGPS-Latitude: 49.4099731, Longitude: 1.0661924 PLOT Block O, Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 5

Personal Notes:

See pictures for enlistment info Service number--- 270 Place of birth---Footscray, Melbourne Victoria Religion--- Presbyterian Occupation--- Machine Engineer Address---155 Buckley Street, Footscray Marital status--- Single Age at enlistment--- 35 Next of kin--- Father, James Snadden, 155 Buckley Street, Footscray Enlisted--- 16 March 1915 Ranks --- Private/Corporal Unit --- 24th Battalion, A Company, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Fate--- Died of wounds 8 March 1917(gunshot wound to thigh). Place of burial ---St. Sever Cemetery Extension , Rouen, France Parents:--- James Snadden & Agnes Wilson married 1879 Footscray. The Argus 14 March 1917 SNADDEN- Died of wounds in 5th General Hospital, on the 3rd March, Corporal Walter Snadden, dearly beloved eldest son of James and late Agnes Snadden, Buckley street, Footscray; brother of James, Euphemia, Robert, Harold, Herbert. and Effie; aged 36 years. Independent (Footscray) 17 March 1917 ROLL OF HONOR CPL. WALTER SNADDEN. After two years' service Corporal Walter Snadden is reported dead of wounds on March 8. He was a member of the 21th Battalion. A.I.F. He went through the Gallipoli campaign, was at Lonesome Pines and saw all the hard fighting in France without a respite. He was wounded in the arm at Gallipoli, and nearly buried alive at Lonesome Pines. He suffered two attacks of malaria fever. He was in delirium for three days and was so bad that he had to be straight jacketed. Once, he was in hospital for three days, and should have stayed longer but with indomitable pluck he moved out when his battalion moved rather than be separated. For a time he was directing a gang of Kaffirs on road-making in France. Strenuous days he led. Only one day's leave did he have. In his case it was very true, as someone has said that the Australians were the highest paid and the hardest worked men in the lines. Corporal Snadden was the eldest son of Mr James Snadden, of Buckley st., 36 years of age, and single. He was a machine engineer at Eldridge's Standard Quarries before enlisting. Two brothers are on service. Harold is with the Light Horse in Egypt and James with the Army Service Corps in France. Captain Orr, late of Albert street, is a cousin. Walter Snadden was born in 1880 in Footscray, a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria. It is quite possible that he may have lived at his father's residence throughout his life, located on 155 Buckley Street, Footscray. Before enlistment, he worked as a machine engineer at Eldridge's Standard Quarries. A descendant of the Snaddens, one of Footscray’s oldest families, Walter was the eldest son of James Snadden and Agnes Wilson and brother to Harold, James, Herbert, Robert, Euphemia and Effie. Walter enlisted into the Imperial Force in March 1915 at age 34, posting to the 24th Battalion. As the required age limit to serve was between 18 and 34 years old, Walter was nearly too old to enlist. However, not wanting to let this restriction stand in the way of his joining his fellow countrymen in battle, Walter decided to put his age as 24 years and 9 months, which he wrote on the enlistment paper. He was accepted, and embarked on the 10th of May, from a port in Melbourne. After brief training, and medical examination which showed him as healthy and able, he was sent to Alexandria, Egypt on board the HMAT Euripides A14. He was soon promoted to Temporary Corporal on the 6th of October but was diagnosed with malaria two months later in Heliopolis, Cairo. He was promptly sent to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital for about three months, before being discharged to follow the 24th Battalion to fight on the Western Front in France. It was during this time that he also became a permanent corporal. However, he continued to suffer from malaria, as well as influenza, and was sent to hospital twice more throughout his service in France. Then on the 22nd of February, 1917, towards the end of one of France’s worst winters, Walter Snadden was wounded in action after the battalion sent a party on patrol to take up a line of outposts. He was shot through his right thigh, wounded along with six other men, and was quickly admitted to a hospital in Rouen, France. A few days later, he was reported as being dangerously ill, and on the 8th of March, at 2 pm, Corporal Walter Snadden passed away at the young age of 36. He was buried two days later in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France at Grave Number 1247. His next of kin, his father, James Snadden, was informed of the passing of his son through a series of letters. His two brothers, James and Harold who also served in the first World War, both outlived him, returning to Victoria after their service.

Source References:

22. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Victoria bdm index, Title: Victorian bdm

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37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

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60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

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- Notes: The Argus 14 March 1917 SNADDEN- Died of wounds in 5th General Hospital, on the 3rd March, Corporal Walter Snadden, dearly beloved eldest son of James and late Agnes Snadden, Buckley street. Footscray; brother of James, Euphemia, Robert, Harold, Herbert. and Effie; aged 36 years.

64. Type: Web Page, Abbr: AIF Project, Title: AIF Project, Auth: Australian Defence Forces http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au

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- Notes: Walter SNADDEN Regimental number 270 Religion Presbyterian Occupation Labourer Address 155 Buckley Street, Footscray Marital status Single Age at embarkation 35 Next of kin Father, James Snadden, 155 Buckley Street, Footscray Enlistment date 16 March 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 24th Battalion, A Company AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/41/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915 Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal Unit from Nominal Roll 24th Battalion Fate Died of wounds 8 March 1917 Place of burial St. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 5), Rouen, France Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 103

- Reference = (Military Service)

- Notes: Walter SNADDEN Regimental number 270 Religion Presbyterian Occupation Labourer Address 155 Buckley Street, Footscray Marital status Single Age at embarkation 35 Next of kin Father, James Snadden, 155 Buckley Street, Footscray Enlistment date 16 March 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 24th Battalion, A Company AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/41/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915 Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal Unit from Nominal Roll 24th Battalion Fate Died of wounds 8 March 1917 Place of burial St. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 5), Rouen, France Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 103

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

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- Notes: Corp Walter Snadden VVETERAN BIRTH 1880 Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia DEATH 8 Mar 1917 (aged 36–37) France BURIAL Saint Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Show MapGPS-Latitude: 49.4099731, Longitude: 1.0661924 PLOT Block O, Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 5

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