SERVICE PERSON RESEARCH
SERVICE PERSON DETAILS
Service Person’s
Name
Rank
Henry Saltmer
Private
Service Number
5682
Regiment/Unit or
Ship or Squadron
26th Australian Infantry Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Date of Birth
3 January 1876
Place of Birth
Meen Glas, Ireland
Family Details
Father (Henry Saltmer), Mother (Catherine Orr Saltmer), Wife (Mary Jane
Hare), Children (Frederick, Eileen Lilian, Henrietta Sylvia, Evelyn Florence,
Mary Alice)
Brother, John Saltmer and cousin, William Saltmer who was wounded in action
Age at Enlistment
38
Place of Enlistment
N/A
Date of Death
2 March 1917
Place of Death
France
Cemetery or
Memorial Name
Grave or Memorial
Number
PHOTO:
No known photo
Warlencourt British Cemetery
N/A
SERVICE PERSON’S STORY/EULOGY:
Prepared by Ainsleigh Friedrich
Henry Saltmer was born in Donegal, Ireland to parents, Henry and Catherine Saltmer. At the age of 7,
Henry and his family, including his brother, John, immigrated to Australia. The family lived in Chinchilla,
Queensland.
Private Henry Saltmer embarked on HMAT Clan McGillivray in Brisbane and was destined for the Western
Front. He was 38 and was leaving behind a wife and five children; however William, his brother and cousin,
would make the long and courageous journey with him.
One year later, on 2 March 1917 Henry Saltmer was fatally wounded in action in France. His cousin William,
was also wounded, however it is unknown if they fought in the same battle that took Henry’s life.
Henry is now buried in the Warlencourt British cemetery in France.
For Henry’s brave efforts to fight for his country he was awarded with the British War Medal and the
Victory Medal and these are now kept by his distant family.
Like so many Australian men, Henry Saltmer left his family to fight for his country and we are forever
indebted to him and his fallen comrades for their bravery and selfless sacrifice.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Ancestry 2015, 'Henry Saltmer'. www.records.ancestry.com.au (accessed 25 February 2015)
Ancient Faces.com, 'Henry Saltmer (Died 1917) - Genealogy And History'. N.p., 1917.
http://www.ancientfaces.com/ (accessed 25 February 2015)
National Archives of Australia 2015, SALTMER Henry: Service Number – 5682,
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8074700, (accessed 25
February 2015)
RSL 2015, 'Henry SALTMER', http://www.rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/97278 (accessed 25
February 2015)