2403 William John SALTER

Date of enlistment	5^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	D Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Awarded Military Medal

Summary of Private Salter’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
15^th April 1943	Australia	Enlisted for 2^nd World War as a Chaplain, and after the war as a Reverend
25^th April 1917	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
2^nd December 1916	Australia	Disembarked Karoola
16^th October 1916	England	Returned to Australia on HS Karoola
23^rd September 1916	England	Transferred to 1^st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield
15^th September 1916	France	Awarded Military Medal for duties as stretcher-bearer
4^th August 1916	England	Admitted 2^nd General Hospital Bristol
2^nd August 1916	France	Embarked on HS St. Patrick at Boulogne for England
31^st July 1916	France	Admitted No.8 Stationary Hospital Wimereux
29^th July 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound left humerus and radius. Mentioned for good and gallant conduct in the hard fighting around Pozieres
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot