George Daniel Snell

Forenames

George Daniel AWMM

Surname

Snell AWMM

Service number

WWI 23300 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

J.B. Snell (father), Gordon Road, Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23300 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 27 May 1916-27 Jul 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 55 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Sergeant AWMM 7th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion AWMM

• George Snell was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Snell, of Gordon St., Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand.
  
  Rank last held was listed as Temporary Lance Sergeant AWMM
• George Daniel Snell was born 2 June 1893 at Saddle Hill, Otago son of Joseph Benjamin Snell and Emily Brocket. He was the eldest child.
  Public - Carol Kay - Other Relative - 17 May 2015 - Copy of entry of birth in Mosgiel Registrar's office.

Death

29 Mar 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France AWMM II. A. 9. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7819706
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/525303/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/525303
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  33: 26
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 55 - The Crusader : official organ of Thirteenth Reinforcements aboard H.M.N.Z.T. No.55 -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode Ballantyne and Co. Ltd.