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Private Raymond John Snell

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
Bass Point Second World War Memorial Shell Cove
Given name
R J
Family name
Snell
Gender
Male
Service number
NX118174
Conflicts
Second World War, 1939–45
Fate date
16 May 1943
Additional information
Last held rank
Private
Unit at embarkation
6th Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Service
Australian Army
Veteran Notes/Bio

Born 25 February 1917 in Bankstown NSW.
Address and Next of kin address, Croydon NSW.
Enlisted 19 August 1940.
Accidently drowned when rescuing the crew of 62 Americans at Bass Point, Shell Cove NSW, from the vessel 'Cities Service Boston'.
Posthumously awarded the American Soldiers Medal.

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