Joseph Snodgrass

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

406181

Unit at enlistment:

36th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

St. George Memorial Plaque

Birth country:

Ireland

Birth county:

Dublin

Birth city:

Dublin

Address at enlistment:

St. George, Ontario

Next of kin address:

11 Warrington Place, Dublin, Ireland

Trade or calling:

Letter carrier

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX June 22, 1917

One of our brave soldier boys, Private Joseph Snodgrass, arrived home on Tuesday evening after many months of experience on the battlefield. Pte. Snodgrass was met at Hamilton by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ellis and at the station here by 40 automobiles packed with friends waiting to welcome him. The local band was playing as Pte. Snodgrass stepped from the 7.30 p.m. train. The entire party headed for Victoria Park to have a social evening, but the electric storm forbade out of door speaking, so the party repaired to the Baptist Church. Addresses were given and words of welcome spoken by Dr. W. Reid, Rev. C.D. Farquharson, Rev. L. Haverstock, Rev. W. Brandon, Mr. John Malcolm, Mr. Henry Whyte (one of our returned soldiers), and Mr. H.R. Nixon. Pte. Snodgrass enlisted with the 36th of Brantford, was wounded in the Battle of Courcelette on the Somme, sustaining a shell wound which injured the spine, causing temporary paralysis, from which he has quite recovered. While crossing to America, Pte. Snodgrass had the misfortune to meet with an accident on board the ship, dislocating his kneecap and the time being is making use of a cane. Pte. Snodgrass will report in the near future at Camp Borden.