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SOLOMON, Ben
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Q304696 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1942, Enlisted in Cairns, Queensland, aged 19 years. Next of Kin (Sister) Miss Solomon, Poid, Moa Is., Torres Strait. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Torres Strait Pioneer Company |
| Born: | Moa Island, Torres Strait , Queensland, Australia, 20 September 1922 |
| Home Town: | Moa Island (Banks Island), Torres Strait , Queensland |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | 28 June 1994, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Thursday Island Torres Strait Light Infantry & RSL Memorial |
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World War 2 Service
| 5 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q304696, Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Cairns, Queensland, aged 19 years. Next of Kin (Sister) Miss Solomon, Poid, Moa Is., Torres Strait. | |
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| 24 Jul 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Torres Strait Pioneer Company, Taken on Strength from TSLIB. | |
| 25 Nov 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Australian Water Transport (Small Craft}, Taken on Strength from TSPC to No 2 Water Transport Group. | |
| 18 Mar 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Torres Strait Pioneer Company, Taken on Strength from 2 WTG. | |
| 6 Mar 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 14th Small Ships Company , Taken on Strength from TSPC. | |
| 17 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q304696, Torres Strait Pioneer Company, Discharged on demobilization. |
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