SALT, Ernest Talbot
| Service Number: | 1692 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 30 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Talbot, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Caralulup State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 27 November 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie Plot VIII, Row L, Grave No. 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph, Talbot Caralulup State School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1692, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1692, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1692, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 27 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 1692, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1692 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ernest Talbot Salt (born in Talbot, Victoria) enlisted with the 38th Battalion and transferred to the 60th Battalion only a month before he was killed. He was reported to have been buried in the Needle Dump Cemetery near Lesboeufs in France. In 1926 his isolated grave was discovered and shifted to the Guards' Cemetery Lesboeufs. His headstone reads ‘Gone but not forgotten’.
His brother, 1752 Private Jack Henry Salt 58th Battalion AIF, died of cerebro spinal meningitis in Albany, Western Australia, aged 18, part way through his journey to war in Europe on the 7 May 1916.
They were the sons of John and Louisa Ann Salt, of Geelong, Victoria. They had eight other children who were fortunate to live long lives.
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