Salto
First name(s)/Initials: Aage Benedict
Service number: 328
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit(s)/Ship: 257th Tunneling Coy.
Additional info: Born Copenhagen 30.5.1888. Next of kin Colonel C. Salto, Jacobs Allé 12, Copenhagen. Civil Engineer. Attested 24.9.1914.
Decorations/Campaign medals: Military Cross. Citation: For gallantry and initiative shown in the recent advance from the 16th to 24th October, 1918. He was leading his section in the search for enemy mines and booby traps, and was the first representative of the force to enter Madeleine, being ahead of the infantry outposts, and set a fine example in leading his men forward and subsequently in discovering and dealing with delayed action mines.
Force served: Canadian
Source(s): Edinburgh Gazette + Library and Archives Canada + London Gazette
Link 1:
Edinburgh Gazette 8.10.1919
Located in: Danes in the Commonwealth Forces 1914-39