The son of Robert Salkeld (1833-1897),[2] and Annie Salkeld (1837-1919), née Carey,[3][4] Albert Ernest Salkeld was born at
Clunes, Victoria on 24 May 1876.[5]
Essendon Football Club Team (1897) Salkeld is fifth player from the left, back row.
Melbourne (VFA)
Recruited from Melbourne University, he played in one game for Melbourne in the VFA in 1895.[10][11]
Essendon (VFA)
Following a clearance from Melbourne,[12] played 15 games for Essendon in the VFA in 1896.[13]
Essendon (VFL)
He played for Essendon, as a follower,[14] in the team's first five matches in the new VFL competition in 1897.[15] He was injured, playing for a representative VFL side against a combined Bendigo Football Association team, at Bendigo, on 9 June 1897,[16][17] and did not play again.[18][19]
Surgeon
He passed the third year examinations in Scotland in 1898,[20] and concluded his Scottish medical studies in 1900.[21] On 14 December 1904 (Register no.2522), Albert Ernest Salkeld, L.R.C.P. Edin. (Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh) 1900, L.R.C.S. Edin. (Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh) 1900, L.F.P.S. Glasg. (Licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow) 1900, was entered into in the New South Wales Register of Medical Practitioners.[22] For a number of years he was employed as a surgeon at the
Northern Hospital at Liverpool, in England.
"Temporary Captain Albert Ernest Salkeld is dismissed the service [on 15 February 1917] by sentence of a general court-martial [conducted at
Guildhall, London on 31 January 1917]." — British Medical Journal, 10 March 1917.[28][29]
Death
He died in London on 26 May 1917.[30] His death was not related to his military service.[31]
^"Naval and Military Appointments: Army Medical Services: Royal Army Medical Corps: To be temporary Lieutenants: Albert Ernest Salkeld", Supplement to the British Medical Journal, (Saturday, 12 December 1914), p. 283.
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^"Naval and Military Appointments: Army Medical Service: Royal Army Medical Corps: Temporary Lieutenants to be Temporary Captains: Albert Ernest Salkeld", Supplement to the British Medical Journal, (Saturday, 18 December 1915), p. 227.
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