Morton SOLOMON

Regimental number1367
Place of birthPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ReligionJewish
OccupationOptician
AddressBaird's Arcade, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6.5"
Weight137 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Sol Solomon, 47 Hay Street, Subiaco, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 July 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 24 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 6), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial		121
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 18 November 1916.

Admitted to 6th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 17 January 1916 (inflamed corn on left foot); transfererd to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 18 January 1916; discharged to duty, 3 February 1916; rejoined Bn, 4 February 1916.

Found guilty, 16 May 1916, of holding a conversation with a prisoner in the guard tent: admonished.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Britush Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSister: Miss C.L. SOLOMON, 35 Clarke Street, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria (1924)
SourcesNAA: B2455, SOLOMON Morton