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William SOLOMON

Regimental number6586
Place of birthCoolgardie, Western Australia
SchoolRedfern Public School, Sydney, N.S.W.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address11 Pitt Street, Waterloo, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J Solomon, 11 Pitt Street, Waterloo, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceCadet in Compulsary Training
Enlistment date1 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Charlotte SOLOMON, 11 Pitt Street, Waterloo, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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