Frank Hamilton SNOOK
Born 30 September 1904 in Battersea, London, England [16] [268]
Son of Edward SNOOK and Emma [268]
Baptised on 2 November 1904 at Saint Mark's in Battersea, London, England [268]
Resided for at least the first seven years of his life with his parents and siblings at 3 Heuberk Road, Battersea [20] [268]
He was one of seven children with siblings Albert, Charles, Elsie, Sidney, Gladys, Doris, and a sibling who died young [268]
Later resided for a number of years with his parents and siblings at 23 Burnt Ash Road in Lee, London, England [20] [203]
In 1921 he was working as a Shop Assistant, his father as a Dairy Manager, and his brother Charles as a Milk Carrier [20]
All three of them were employed by dairymen firm Edwards & Sons Ltd [20]
His final occupation and address in England, in 1926, was Dairyman and 23 Burnt Ash Road in Lee, London [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Orvietto on 4 September 1926 bound for Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [203]
He worked in Carnamah, Western Australia from about 1930 until 1941 [5: 24-Oct-1941]
Resided in Carnamah until enlisting in the Australian Army on 18 June 1941 [16]
Prior to embarking for active service abroad, he visited Carnamah on leave from the Army [5: 24-Oct-1941]
He was bid farewell at an R.S.L. Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday evening 18 October 1941 [5: 24-Oct-1941]
Private WX14480 in the Australian Army's 2/28th Reinforcements during the second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 19 July 1945 [16]
Farmhand in Carnamah 1947-1954 [19] [50]
Repairer in Scadden in 1958 and 1963 [50]
He was working for the Western Australian Government Railways in Walkaway in 1968 and 1972 [50]
In 1977 he was living at 214 North West Coastal Highway in Geraldton [50]
Died 18 September 1981; buried at Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia (Anglican, Row 158, Plot 5) [29]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Frank Hamilton Snook' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 4 May 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/frank-hamilton-snook [reference list] |
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