SALIS, Arthur
Service Number: | 6561 |
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Enlisted: | 4 December 1916, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Liverpool, New South Wales, 1897 |
Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Horse Driver |
Died: | Little Bay, New South Wales, 23 January 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Ang, AK Portion,Plot 0064 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
4 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
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24 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6561, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
24 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6561, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
7 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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20 Battalion
Rank - Private
10 November 1917 AWOL for 4 days. Fined 20 days pay. Held in the field awaiting trial
8 December 1917 - Found gulity. Sentenced to 10 years imprisonment later educed to 5 years
29 December 1917 Admitted to Dunkirk Prison
27 April 1918 - Sentence suspended
5 May 1918 - Rejoined Battalion from prison
23 July 1918 - Wounded in action - knee
4 January 1919 - Returned to Australia
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Edward Walter Salis, Campbelltown Road, Liverpool, New South Wales. Husband of Marjorie Jane Salis and father of Edward Walter and Margaret Salis