John SALTER

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Service Number:	1816
Enlisted:	10 December 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands Parks, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leeds, England, 1886
Home Town:	Hackney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motorman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, Malta, 17 June 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 11, Row C, Grave 2 Chaplain J.C. McPhee officiated Headstone inscription reads: Father in thy gracious keeping, leave we now thy servant sleeping, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Peters Heroes War Memorial

10 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Oaklands Parks, SA
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1816, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1816, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide

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Arrived in Australia aged 26 years

Son of Charles and Henrietta Salter of 55 Albert Street, Cardigan Road, Leeds, England

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

Served as a Sapper with the Royal Engineeers', Territorial Forces, Leeds