Ralph Askins SALISBURY

Regimental number10/141
Date of birth31 August 1890
Place of birthGreytown
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMain Street, Greytown
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 5"
Weight141 lbs
Next of kinJohn Salisbury, Greytown
Previous military service'D' Company, 17th Ruahine Regiment; Greytown Volunteers (2 years, transferred to Territorials)
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSapper
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 26 December 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 5 May 1915.

Transferred to, and taken on strength of NZ Engineers, 14 July 1915, with the rank of Sapper.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Zeitoun, Egypt, 5 September 1915 (typhoid); placed on Seriously Ill List, 28 September 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Willochra', 26 December 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 29 January 1916; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service due to illness contracted on active service), 18 August 1916.

Total war service: 2 years 6 days (of which 1 year 105 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death18 June 1916, Masterton
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20809267

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