Alfred Llewellyn (Buck) SALOM MID

SALOM, Alfred Llewellyn

Service Number: WX3567
Enlisted: 28 May 1940
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 7 January 1906
Home Town: Brunswick Junction, Harvey, Western Australia
Schooling: Perth Modern School, Western Australia, 1922-23
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Australind, Western Australia, 28 April 1996, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Harvey Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

28 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX3567
4 Jul 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX3567

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Biography contributed by Robert Johnson

2/16th Battalion Platoon Commanders Sergeant "Buck" Salom and Lieutenant Tom Harper were wounded in Lebanon on 6 July 1941 in the assault on the El Atiqa Ridge.  Tom died of his wounds the next day.  Both attended the same high school in Perth WA and each was awarded an MID. 

Source:  "A Thousand Men at War" by Tom Uren, PP88-89