John Salsbury was born in Northampton, England, on January 19, 1897, the son of Thomas Salsbury and Mary Anne Salsbury, of Northhampton, England. At his enlistment, John was living at R.R.#5 Strathroy, Ontario. He enlisted April 18, 1916 in Strathroy, with the 135th Battalion. He recorded his next of kin as Mrs. M.J. Salsbury, of Ringstead Cottage, England. A bachelor, John listed his occupation as a labourer. John became a member of the Army, Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment, 15th Battalion, with the rank of Private. On September 27, 1918, John Salsbury would lose his life while fighting in France during Canada’s final Hundred Days Campaign. John Salsbury would later be officially listed as, Killed in Action. Whilst acting as a stretcher bearer with his Platoon in an attack at Mill Copse, south of Marquion, he was shot through the head by a bullet and instantly killed. One and a half months after John Salsbury’s death, the Great War would end. Twenty-one year old John Salsbury is buried in Sains de Marquion British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I.A.30. On the Sarnia cenotaph, his name is inscribed as J. Salisbury.
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