Regimental number | 301 |
Place of birth | Thomas Street, Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria |
School | High Street State School, Prahran, Victoria |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Milk driver |
Address | 1 Kent Street, Windsor, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 149 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Josephine Salter, 1 Kent Street, Windsor, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th Battalion, E Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/22/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 21.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 25), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 45 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Josephine SALTER, 1 Kent Street, Windsor, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1065 Pte Arthur George SALTER, 5th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 April 1916; 339 Lance Corporal Roy Stuart SALTER, 5th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915. Reported missing in action, 25 April 1915. Statement, 1743 Pte W.D. EDWARDS, C Company, 5th Bn (patient, 26th General Hospital, Etaples, France), 9 June 1916: 'Witness said he saw Salter in No. 2 Sta. Hospital, Lemnos, in Sept. 1915. Witness knows that Salter's brother is with the Bn. now and he was not confusing the two men. Salter was described as of medium height and dark complexion. Witness did not know what was wrong with him. Evidence did not appear very reliable.' Court of Enquiry, held in France, 3 November 1916, concluded that Salter was killed in action, 25 April 1915. Base Records wrote to mother, 6 December 1916, stating that it was not possible to issue a formal death certificate, but that given several statements by members of the same unit, including 122 Pte D. MORROW, 5th Bn (patient, Ghzireh Hospital, Egypt): 'Informant knew Salter well. He landed in the same boat with him on april 25th, but lost sight of hi, and has never seen him since.'; the length of time since he was reported missing; and the fact that his name had not appeared on any list of prisoners of war, 'the Military Board is regretfully constrained to conclude that this soldier is dead, and that death occurred on or about the 25th April 1915.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SALTER Alfred William
Red Cross Files Nos 2850408R and 24008041 |