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Edward Jack SOLOMON

Regimental number1103
Place of birthAlbury, New South Wales
ReligionJewish
OccupationLabourer
AddressRenmark, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 6"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Solomon, Chatswood, North Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 September 1914
Place of enlistmentMorphettville, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name10th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT Themistocles on 7 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1203
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 21 July 1917
Discharge date23 October 1917
Other details

Commenced return to Australia on board HT A14, 21 July 1917; disembarked HT 'Euripides', Fremantle, 13 September 1917; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 23 October 1917.

Died while a patient at Parkside Mental Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death3 September 1923
Age at death52
Place of burialAIF Cemetery (Row 5, Grave No. West 5), West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, SOLOMON Edward Jack

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