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Cecil Norman SALISBURY

Regimental number2665
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolQueens College and Albvera St State School, Tasmania
Other trainingHe matriculated and was an undergraduate at Hobart University.
ReligionBaptist
OccupationSchool teacher
Address9 Hamilton Street, Lansdowne Crescent, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, J Salisbury, 9 Hamilton Street, Lansdowne Crescent, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT Makarini on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 July 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death20.7
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialRuw-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot L, Row J, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania. Parents: John (d. 11 December 1941, aged 75; bu. Cornelian Bay Cemetery) and Amy SALISBURY (d. 20 July 1957, aged 84; bu. Cornelian Bay Cemetery). Parents: John and Amy SALISBURY, 9 Hamilton Street, Hobart, Tasmania

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