SALTMARSH, Alfred Edward Thomas
| Service Number: | 2577 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Lobethal WW1 Roll of Honor, Prospect St Cuthbert's Church Honour Board, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2577, 52nd Infantry Battalion |
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Alfred Edward Thomas Saltmarsh
Name: Alfred Edward Thomas Saltmarsh
Service Number: 2577
Place of Birth: Dry Creek
Date of Birth: 7 July 1887
Place of Enlistment: Keswick
Date of Enlistment: 17 May 1915
Age at Enlistment: 27 years 11 months
Next of Kin: Brother, S.B.F. Saltmarsh
Occupation: Carpenter
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Lance Corporal
Alfred’s unit, the 12th Battalion, embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT Morea on 26 August 1915 bound for Gallipoli where he served until late in the year. He was attached to the 1st Anzac workshops in November 1916 and rejoined his unit in France on 13 May 1917. Alfred was appointed Lance Corporal on 30 October. During action on 25 April 1918 he was shot in the left buttock and admitted to Southern General Hospital, Oxford, England. On 29 August Alfred returned to his unit in France until being sent to Sutton Veny, England prior to returning to Australia on the Warwickshire on 24 May 1919 and discharged on 19 July.
Submitted 24 October 2023 by christopher collins