John Aylan Salt (1893 - 1918)

Born 1893 in Hove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 30 Sep 1918 at about age 25 in Bellicourt, France

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Biography

This profile is part of the Salt Name Study.

John Salt was born in Sussex, England.

Sergeant John Salt served in the Australian Imperial Force in World War I
Service started: 16 Jul 1915
Unit(s): 8th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
Service ended: 30 Sep 1918

John Salt was Killed in Action at Bellicourt, France during World War I.

John was born in 1893. He was the son of Thomas Aylen Salt (1862-1936) and Mary Ann (Bell) Salt (1863-1938). ^[1][2][3]

Between 1911 and 1915 he emigrated to Australia.

In 1915 he enlisted in the AIF and served in World War I.^[4]

He was killed in action at Bellincourt, France in 1918.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

   Name: John Aylan Salt

   Registration Year: 1893

   Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec

   Registration District: Steyning

   Inferred County: Sussex

   Volume: 2b

   Page: 278

2. ↑ 1901 England Census

   Name: John Salt

   Age: 7

   Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894

   Relation to Head: Son

   Gender: Male

   Father: Thomas Salt

   Mother: Mary Salt

   Birth Place: Hove, Sussex, England

   Civil Parish: Hove

   Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints

   County/Island: Sussex

   Country: England

   Registration District: Steyning

   Sub-registration District: Shoreham

   ED, institution, or vessel: 19

   Piece: 937

   Folio: 111

   Page Number: 30

   Household Schedule Number: 262

   Household Members:

   Name Age

   Thomas Salt 38

   Mary Salt 37

   John Salt 7

   Joseph Salt 6

   Emmeline Salt 2

3. ↑ 1911 England Census

   Name: John Salt

   Age in 1911: 17

   Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894

   Relation to Head: Boarder

   Gender: Male

   Birth Place: Hove, Sussex, England

   Civil Parish: Wimbledon

   County/Island: Surrey

   Country: England

   Street Address: 22 and 24 and 26 Hill Road, Wilmbledon S W

   Marital status: Single

   Occupation: Retail Drapery Assistant

4. ↑ National Archives of Australia - War Service

   Name: SALT John

   Service Number - 3144

   Place of Birth - Hove England

   Place of Enlistment - Geelong VIC

   Next of Kin - (Father) SALT S

5. ↑ The AIF Project - UNSW

   Name: John SALT

   Regimental number 3144

   Place of birth Hove, Sussex, England

   School Archbishop Abbot's School, Guildford, England

   Age on arrival in Australia 18

   Religion Church of England

   Occupation Salesman

   Address: 244 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne, Victoria

   Marital status Single

   Age at embarkation 21

   Next of kin: Salt, Polruan Western Road, Guildford Surrey, England

   Enlistment date 16 July 1915

   Rank on enlistment Private

   Unit name 8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement

   AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/25/4

   Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915

   Rank from Nominal Roll Sergeant

   Unit from Nominal Roll 58th Battalion

   Other details from Roll of Honour Circular

   Second given name is Aylan on ROH.

   Fate Killed in Action 30 September 1918

   Place of death or wounding Bellicourt, France

   Age at death 24

   Age at death from cemetery records 24

   Place of burial Bellicourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 3), France

   Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 166

   Miscellaneous information:

   Parents: Thomas and Mary SALT, 'Polruan', Weston Road, Guildford, England.

   Native of Hove, Sussex, England