Lieutenant Colonel Alfred George Salisbury

Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 1885-02-15
Death Date 1942-01-06
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 7th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 9th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 50th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-11-08
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1918-09-16
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-14
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-02-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-09-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    14 July 1917 on page 7093 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    08 November 1917 on page 2937 at position 116
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    7th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 6793 at position 15
    Commonwealth Gazette
    15 September 1919 on page 1370 at position 12
  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8832 at position 66
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1653 at position 83
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    16 September 1918 on page 10862 at position 3
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 February 1919 on page 131 at position 2
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    9th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    7th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    7th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    04 June 1917 on page 5475 at position 51
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2626 at position 67
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 June 1917 on page 5422 at position 122
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2624 at position 134
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15228 at position 59
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 879 at position 37
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    50th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    7th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

Timeline

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