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Thomas SALTER

Regimental number5929
Place of birthBroken Hill, New South Wales
SchoolCatholic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mrs M Dewhurst, Northamption, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Alex Salter, Walker Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date24 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 30 October 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll5919
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularUnit Number on ROH is 5919.
FateDied of wounds 8 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBroodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium
Age at death24.6
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row E, Grave No. 11A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Julia SLATER, 28 Walker Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 762 Pte Alexander SALTER, 28th Bn, killed in action, 4-6 August 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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