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Jasper George William Salt

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Borough of Blenheim Great War Roll of Honour. Image provided by John Halpin 2017, CC BY John Halpin 2017

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jasper George William AWMM
  • Surname
    Salt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 3846 AWMM
    • 7/474 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 December 1874 AWMM Lyttelton, Christchurch AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 18 January 1901 AWMM Woolston, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pre 1911 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
    • Pre 12 September 1914 AWMM Beaver Road, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Henry Salt (father), London Street, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Alma Mary Salt (wife), New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Alma Mary Salt (wife), 10 Ollivier's Road, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married AWMM
      Married, 4 children AWMM
    • Married AWMM
      Married, 4 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Emily Salt and Henry Salt.

    Husband of Alma Mary Salt (nee Rockford), married 1901 in Fulham, London, England.

    Father of James W. Salt b. 1904; Jessie Salt b. 1897; Jasper H. Salt b. c.1899; George Harold Salt b. 1903.

    Joined the Permanent Force in 1911 and served as a clerk with the Postal Service.

    Returned from Egypt to New Zealand 1916. Appointed Ship's Adjutant on voyage, Tahiti. No history noted for period February 1916 - July 1917. Absorbed into Permanent Staff, service record notes, as an instructor with the New Zealand Army Service Corps from 1 July 1917.

    Details for Permanent staff service incomplete (November 2013). SA 1901 1902 AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    6 August 1949 AWMM
    Age 75 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Canterbury Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Borough of Blenheim Roll of Honour, Marlborough Museum. 26 Arthur Baker Pl, Redwoodtown, Blenheim 7201 AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 640 AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM

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