Albin Conrad SOLIN

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SOLIN, Albin Conrad

Service Numbers:	24607, WX13661
Enlisted:	19 January 1916, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Lines of Communication Units
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 16 May 1896
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Illness, Perth, Western Australia, 15 July 1942, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Q. A. 3.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Postmaster General's Department Perth WWII HR

Peacetime

19 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia

World War 1 Service

27 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 24607, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 24607, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

28 May 1941:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, WX13661, Lines of Communication Units, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, "...WX13661 Private Albin Conrad Solin, Headquarters 3 Australian Corps , of Mt Lawley, WA... Pte Solin served as a Driver with the 3rd Divsional Ammunition Column during the First World War, where he saw service on the Western Front. On 28 May 1941 Pte Solin enlisted with the 2nd AIF and died of illness in Western Australia on 15 July 1942... The family was originally named Eskilson when they migrated from Sweden in 1867 but changed their name to Solin, presumeably because it was easier to pronounce in English than Eskilson." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
28 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX13661

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"...WX13661 Private Albin Conrad Solin, Headquarters 3 Australian Corps , of Mt Lawley, WA... Pte Solin served as a Driver with the 3rd Divsional Ammunition Column during the First World War, where he saw service on the Western Front. On 28 May 1941 Pte Solin enlisted with the 2nd AIF and died of illness in Western Australia on 15 July 1942... The family was originally named Eskilson when they migrated from Sweden in 1867 but changed their name to Solin, presumeably because it was easier to pronounce in English than Eskilson." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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