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Arthur Douglas John Salt

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt

May 20, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

J/6285

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

37 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Sqdn. Son of Arthur Cowper Salt and Lucile Gwendolyn Salt, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 112 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Egypt

Grave Reference:

Column 263.

Location:

Alamein is a village which is bypassed by the main coast road approximately 130 kilometres west of Alexandria on the way to Mersa Matruh. The first Commission road direction sign is located just beyond the Alamein police checkpoint and all cemetery visitors should turn off from the main road onto the old coast road, which is parallel to the former. The cemetery and the ALAMEIN MEMORIAL both lie beyond the ridge. Road direction signs are in place approximately 25 metres before the low metal gates and stone wing walls which are situated centrally at the road edge at the head of the access path which leads down through the memorial building and into the cemetery. The Cross of Sacrifice feature may be seen from the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Arthur Douglas John Salt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the WW2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the WW2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Arthur Salt– Salt, Arthur John - Pilot Officer. Born 31st October, 1917, at Abbotsford, B.C. Entered the service of the Bank 4th November, 1936. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 7th September, 1940, from Victory Square (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in October, 1941. Overseas in October, 1941. Served with 37 Squadron, R.A.F., in Middle East. Missing after air operations over Crete on night of 19/20th May, 1942. Officially presumed dead (10th November, 1942). His Wing Commander wrote: "During his tour of duty he proved himself a most reliable operational captain and his loss is deeply felt by us all". Pilot Officer Salt was a well known Vancouver cricketer. From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

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    Photo of Arthur Salt
    Photo of Arthur Salt – Salt, Arthur John - Pilot Officer. Born 31st October, 1917, at Abbotsford, B.C. Entered the service of the Bank 4th November, 1936. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 7th September, 1940, from Victory Square (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in October, 1941. Overseas in October, 1941. Served with 37 Squadron, R.A.F., in Middle East. Missing after air operations over Crete on night of 19/20th May, 1942. Officially presumed dead (10th November, 1942). His Wing Commander wrote: "During his tour of duty he proved himself a most reliable operational captain and his loss is deeply felt by us all". Pilot Officer Salt was a well known Vancouver cricketer. From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
  • medals– WW2 medals issued to Salt. Pilot Officer Salt was a pilot of a Wellington Bomber that failed to return on May 20, 1942, from operations over the aerodrome at Heraklion, Crete.

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    medals – WW2 medals issued to Salt. Pilot Officer Salt was a pilot of a Wellington Bomber that failed to return on May 20, 1942, from operations over the aerodrome at Heraklion, Crete.
  • Bar issued to Arthur Salt's relatives

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    Bar issued to Arthur Salt's relatives
    Bar issued to Arthur Salt's relatives
  • Photo of Arthur Douglas John Salt– Salt out of uniform

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    Photo of Arthur Douglas John Salt – Salt out of uniform

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