KEY W.H.S.
Given Names: William Horace Salisbury
Service Number: 496
Unit: 39th Battalion, B Company
Rank: Driver
Paybook Number: 103566
Age: 20 Yrs 10 Mths
Occupation: Driver
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Baptist
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 3½ In
Weight: 140 Lbs
Chest: 35-37 In
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Fresh
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 8/2/1916
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER William Walter Key
4 Disraeli Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 27/5/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Ascanius A11
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Canberra
Embarked: 23/7/1919
Disembarked: 11/9/1919
Unit: 3rd Pioneer Battalion
Rank: Driver
Discharge Date: 26/10/1919
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: Awarded
Victory Medal: Awarded
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1896
Place: Kew, Victoria
Father: William Walter KEY
Mother: Alice Maude SALISBURY
MARRIAGE
Year: 1919
Place: Oxford, England
Spouse: Ivy Myrtle WOODCOCK
DEATH
Date or Year: 15/8/1973
Place: Fitzroy, Victoria
Burial: Kew Cemetery, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
MEMORIALS
Kew State School
Kew War Memorial
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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