Henry Leonard (Harry) SALTER

SALTER, Henry Leonard

Service Number: VX41039
Enlisted: 9 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1916
Home Town: Redan, Ballarat North, Victoria
Schooling: Dana Street Primary
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 30 September 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Cemetery/memorial reference: A1. E. 15., Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX41039, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion
9 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX41039, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Matt Salter

Son of Hurdsfield and Eliza Ellen Salter of Redan,
Victoria, Australia 3356.

Brother to Ivy, George, John and Ernest.

His duty nobly done.