SALTER, Arthur George
| Service Number: | 1065 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, An original of E Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 3 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Groom |
| Died: | 1930, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1065, 5th Infantry Battalion, An original of E Company | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1065, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1065, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Three Salter brothers embarked from Melbourne on on 21 October 1914. All took part in the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. 1065 Private Arthur George Salter was wounded and hospitalised for five weeks, rejoining his battalion at Gallipoli on 14 June 1915. He was, however, almost constantly ill from that time on, at first with gastro-enteritis and, in November 1915, with pleurisy. A few days later he was dangerously ill with pneumonia. Pte Arthur Salter was given a medical discharge and left Suez for Australia on 11 April 1916. His brother Pte. Alfred William Salter was killed in action during the landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April 1915. The third brother Pte. Roy Stuart Salter was wounded in action at the landing. Pte Roy Salter was promoted to Lance Corporal on 15 July 1916 and killed in action at Fromelles, France, on 19 July 1916.
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