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Frank James SOLOMANO

Regimental number2490
Place of birthTalbot Victoria
SchoolCaralulup State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressTalbot, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Mr Prospero Solomano, Talbot, Victoria
Enlistment date6 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 September 1917
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XLIII, Row C, Grave No. 20), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Caralulup State School Roll of Honor ('In Honor of the Pupils of the Caralulpup State School who served the Empire in the Great War'), Victoria.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2014 Pte Albert Leslie SOLOMANO, 12th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 21 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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