Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Salisbury Percy Archibald

Born Stonehouse Devonport England to James and Sophia Salisbury and married to Bessie Snell. He joined the navy at the age of 12 and was serving as a Shipwright 2^nd Class on board “HMS Defence” during the Battle of Jutland when she was hit by two heavy salvoes in quick succession, and Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot and his flagship disappeared in a roar of flame

Shipwright Salisbury drowned in the North Sea 31^st May 1916 and

is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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