Topic: AIF - 2B - 7 LHR
7th LHR, AIF
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Isaac Sneddon
Isaac Sneddon
Service number: 209
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 7th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 12 August 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: SNEDDON, Tpr. Isaac, 209. 7th Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 12th Aug., 1916. Age 40. Son of James and Mary Sneddon. D. 13.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Isaac Sneddon from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 209 |
| Place of birth | Burnhead Farm, Tamworth, New South Wales |
| School | Wooloma Public School, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Butcher |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 37 |
| Next of kin | Brother, John Sneddon, bootmaker, Tamworth, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Served in the Light Horse : about 1898 or 1900. |
| Enlistment date | 30 October 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 20 December 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Died of wounds 12 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Kantara, Egypt |
| Age at death | 40 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 40 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 13), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Mary SNEDDON |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 7th LHR, Roll of Honour, Isaac Sneddon
