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SALISBURY, Walter Edward

Service Number:	SX7471
Enlisted:	2 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/8th Field Ambulance
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 25 September 1914
Home Town:	Morgan, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Middle East (at sea), At sea (Middle East), 12 October 1941, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea
Memorials:	Adelaide 2/8 Australian Field Ambulance WW2 Honour Board, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Alamein Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

2 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX7471, Adelaide, South Australia
2 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX7471, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
12 Oct 1941:	Involvement Private, SX7471, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance, Libya/North Africa
Date unknown:	Involvement

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