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SALIS, Francis Edgar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4594 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marong, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Marong, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Marong State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Menin Road, Belgium, 21 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4594, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4594, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4594, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4594, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4594, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW to left hand. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 11 May 1917. | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4594, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Parents: Simon and Annie SALIS, Bullock Creek, Marong, Victoria
Brother: 1887 Pte Albert Joseph SALIS, 46th Bn, returned to Australia, 2 January 1919
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