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Record #21584
Name :
: George SALTER (1892 - 1918)
  aka : Corporal Salter


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 25 Oct 1892

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 4 Oct 1918   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Wakefield
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 24 Jul 1903
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Corporal George Salter. His draft card was signed on 5 Jun 1916, but he could not serve until his immigration was processed in 1918.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: George Salter
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1892
Registration District: Wakefield
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 58

A possible 1901 English Census places George Salter, aged 8 years born about 1893 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. He is listed as the Nephew of Mary and Joe Salter in Plymouth, Devon, England. Joe was the caretaker of a library by trade.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: SALTER
Given Name: George
Age: 10
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1903
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1903-07-15
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1903-07-24
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario, Winnipeg and Russell, Manitoba
Notes: The child's surname was illegible or difficult to decipher.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-481
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1916 U.S. Registration Card for George Salter states that he is 25 years of age born 25 Oct 1891. He was born in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada and worked as a cook at Great Falls Hotel in Montana where he registered.

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
From Ancestry.com
Name: George Salter
State Registered: Montana
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot H Row 17 Grave 28
Cemetery City: Romagne
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: CORPORAL, U.S. Army
Rank: CORPORAL
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll

A 1918 U.S Naturalization record states that George Salter was 27 years of age, born 25 Oct 1891 in Peterboro, Canada. It states he arrived in the United States in 1912 and that he was a solider by occupation.

Corporal George Slater's Find A Grave biography states that he was orphaned when his mother passed away and his father left his 7 children. Four children stayed in England and were brought up by relatives, but three were sent to Canada, two in 1901 and George following in 1903.
He was buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne sous Montfaucon, Meuse, Lorraine, France. Plot H, Row 17, Grave 28.

Find A Grave Memorial# 55996504 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-14 19:45:46 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-04 11:34:43 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
5067 ELSTUB, George1916ENG, YKS, Wakefield Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Barnardos  
11155 FLIGG, John 1891ENG, YKS, Wakefield Aug 1906 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
21584 SALTER, George1892ENG, YKS, Wakefield Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3389 THACKRAY, Abel1897ENG, YKS, Wakefield Mar 1910 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home