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Robert SALISBURY

Regimental number6389
Place of birthOxley, Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolSouth Brisbane Park School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationArchitect
AddressVulture Street East, South Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Harriet Amy Salisbury, Vulture Street East, South Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date13 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingZonnebeke, Belgium
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot II, row J, Grave No. 15), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Harriet SALISBURY, "Bryanston", Vulture Street, South Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Brisbane
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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