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John SALT

Regimental number3144
Place of birthHove, Sussex, England
SchoolArchbishop Abbot's School, Guildford, England
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSalesman
Address244 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinSalt, Polruan Western Road, Guildford Surrey, England
Enlistment date16 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularSecond given name is Aylan on ROH.
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1918
Place of death or woundingBellicourt, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBellicourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary SALT, 'Polruan', Weston Road, Guildford, England. Native of Hove, Sussex, England

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