Soldier profiles
Name : SNUDDEN, CECIL ALEC
Service Number : NX201005
Date of Birth : 15/07/1924
Place of Birth : LIDCOMBE, NSW
Known as : CES
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 13/05/1943
Locality on Enlistment : BATHURST, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : SNUDDEN, CECIL
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SAPPER
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 16 PLATOON D COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 29/10/1946
Date Died : 23/01/1972
Age at Death : 47
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : COBAR SHIRE CEMETERY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 5592007 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090601.jpg
Background : Son of Cecil Arthur Snudden and Mildred Jane Catt Snudden. Husband of Bonnie Elsie. Married at Parramatta, N.S.W. in 1951. Father of Heather, Jill and Ken. Brother of James, Phoebe and Margaret. Ces died in Tilpa, N.S.W. His body was taken to Bourke N.S.W. and buried in Cobar N.S.W.
