SOLOMON, Joseph
| Service Number: | VX5859 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1939, Dandenong, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 29 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Trentham, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Daylesford Technical School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer's Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Libya, 4 January 1941, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt 17. B. 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton War Memorial, Trentham St Georges Anglican Church Memorial Window, Trentham War Memorial, Warragul War Memorial, Yarragon War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX5859 | |
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| 28 Oct 1939: | Enlisted VX5859, Dandenong, Victoria | |
| 4 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, VX5859, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jan 1941: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX5859, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa, KIA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karen Standen
Trentham Sportsman
KYNETON, Monday.—Trentham's first fatal casualty in the war is reported with the death on active service on January 4 of Lance-Sergeant J. Solomon, 26 years. Lance-Sergeant Solomon was a native of Blue Mount, and received his schooling at Blue Mount, Trentham, and the Daylesford technical school. After leaving school he entered Trewhella's foundry, and three years ago he went into business with his uncle at Darnum, Gippsland. He joined the Militia in Warragul, and went overseas in April last, receiving many farewell presentations from friends at Trentham. He was a keen sportsman, and played football with the Loddon Valley, Trentham and Yarragon teams; whilst he was also a prominent member of the Blue Mount tennis team. He is survived by his mother, sister and brother.