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SALKELD, Alfred Walton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX65556 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hopetoun, Victoria, Australia, 4 August 1915 |
| Home Town: | Hopetoun, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness while a POW of the Japanese (Beri Beri), Burma, 5 September 1943, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX65556, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX65556, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX65556, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
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Alfred Walton SALKELD was born in Hopetoun, Victoria on 4th August, 1915
His parents were Alfred Walton SALKELD & Agnes Mary DUNNE
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