Lieutenant Colonel Alfred George Salisbury

Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 15/02/1885
Death Date 06/01/1942
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 50th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 7th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 9th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

Collection items

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    Service dress tunic : Lieutenant Colonel A G Salisbury, 50 Battalion, AIF

    Service dress breeches : Lieutenant Colonel A G Salisbury, 50 Battalion, AIF

    Document


    AWM25 241/13 - Decorations - Foreign. Russian - Serbian - Roumanian

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Timeline

Date of birth 15/02/1885
Other units 21/12/1914 Commanding Officer A Company, 9th Battalion.
Date of enlistment 15/08/1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 21/08/1914 Appointed captain in the 9th Battalion.
Date of embarkation 24/09/1914
Date promoted 01/01/1915 Appointed major.
Other units 18/08/1916 Commanding Officer 50th Battalion.
Date promoted 18/08/1916 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 02/03/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 25/04/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/05/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/05/1918
Other units 02/10/1918 50th Battalion.
Other units 20/10/1918 Machine Gun School.
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/05/1918
Other units 21/09/1918 Detached to 2nd United States Corps.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/01/1919
Other units 07/02/1919 Temporary Commanding Officer 13th Australian Infnatry Brigade.
Date returned to Australia 20/06/1919
Other units 01/03/1919 50th Battalion.
Other 29/08/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Other units 21/03/1919 Temporarily attached to 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
Date of death 06/01/1942

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