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SALMON, Clement Armitage
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1515, Q186582, Q215190 |
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Enlisted: | 29 April 1915, Gympie, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
Born: | Grafton, New South Wales, 8 November 1894 |
Home Town: | Wolvi, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
Schooling: | Wolvi State School |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Natural causes, Queensland, Australia, 5 February 1960, aged 65 years |
Cemetery: |
Rockhampton Crematorium, Qld Norman Gardens, Wall 4 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1515, 26th Infantry Battalion, Gympie, Queensland | |
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29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1515, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1515, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
18 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1515, 26th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
19 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q186582 | |
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19 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Private, Q186582, Rockhampton, Queensland | |
20 Oct 1939: | Involvement Private, Q186582, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
28 May 1941: | Discharged Private, Q186582, 15 Garrison Battalion (QLD) | |
21 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, Q215190, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Mackay, Queensland | |
21 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q215190 | |
21 Oct 1945: | Discharged Private, Q215190, 15 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Albert Armitage and Lucy Salmon, nee Rudder bore 15 children and raised 16. Of the 16, 3 died as infants. Of the surviving 13, 3 were girls and did not go to war. Of the ten boys who grew to adulthood, five served in WW1.