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Roy Stuart SALTER

Regimental number339
Place of birthPrahran, Victoria
SchoolHigh Street State School, Prahran, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHairdresser
Address1 Kent Street, Windsor, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 7"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinFather, C J Salter, 1 Kent Street, Windsor, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 49th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 August 1914
Place of enlistmentPrahran, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death20.11
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Josephine SALTER, 1 Kent Street, Windsor, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 301 Pte Alfred William SALTER, 5th Bn, killed in action, 25 April 1915; 1065 Pte Arthur George SALTER, 5th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 April 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 5 April 1915.

Wounded in action (gun shot wound, right and left arm: severe); admitted to 17th General Hospital, 25 April 1915; transferred to Convalescent Camp, Mustapha, 12 May 1915; discharged to duty, 13 May 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to rejoin Bn, 8 June 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 13 June 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to 57th Bn, 17 February 1916, and taken on strength.

Transferred to 60th Bn, 15 March 1916, and taken on strength, Tel el Kebir.

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Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 2400807: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-16.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SALTER Roy Stuart
Red Cross File No 2400807

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