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John SALT

Regimental number3602
Place of birthLongton, Stoke on Trent, England
SchoolNormacott Board School, England
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mrs King Arthur Street, Granville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, S Salt, 130 Uttoretta Road, Stoke on Trent, England
Enlistment date30 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 May 1918
Place of death or woundingMorlancourt, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialDive Copse British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 8), Sailly-le-Sec, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
87
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Eliza SALT, 181 Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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