Albert Ernest SALMON

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Service Number:	1996
Enlisted:	20 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 12 January 1892
Home Town:	Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Crown Street Superior Public School, Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Box Maker
Died:	Wounds to the right arm (amputated) and left hand, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, 3 December 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row H, Grave 4 Chaplain H.S. Reid officiated Headstone inscription reads: God has him safely in his keeping just on the other side,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Surry Hills Crown Street Public School War Memorial

20 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1996, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1996, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
2 Dec 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Right arm amputated, left hand shattered

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Son of Albert Ernest Salmon and Mary Ann McKay formerly Salmon of 44 Arthur Street, Surry Hills, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal