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Born: 20 July 1871
Died: 24 April 1954
Chief Gunner on HMAS Sydney when it sank the German Emden on 10 November 1914, off Cocos Island. [JSB]
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- Birth record
- Death record
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- Main sources
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- SALTER GEORGE BODY : Date of birth - 20 Jul 1872 : Place of birth - ROUNDSTONE IRELAND : Place of enlistment - Unknown : Next of Kin - LOUISA (item)
- George Body Salter (item)
- George Body Salter (photograph)
- THE EMDEN DESTROYED AT COCOS ISLAND. One of the Men Who Handled the Guns. (newspaper article)
- EMDEN GUN UNVEILED. PATRIOTIC SPEECHES. (newspaper article)
- RELICS OF EMDEN. ON COCOS ISLAND. (newspaper article)
- HISTORIC GUN. Sydney-Emden Action. WREATH WITH GERMAN COLOURS. (newspaper article)
- EMDEN'S NAME-PLATE. (newspaper article)
- Death Notice (newspaper article)
- Commemorations
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- SALTER G. B. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial
- Salter, G.B. on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour
- Salter, G on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour