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Military service
Service number:
C/11982
Age:
28
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
5 Medium Regt.
Birth:
October 18, 1913
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 24, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
July 31, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
32. J. 3.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Rachael Olfman, of Kamsack, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Gunner Solomon Olfman
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator, August 8, 1942 -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, August 8, 1942 -
Grave marker
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Photo of Solomon Olfman
Solomon Olfman is honoured on page 55 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of SOLOMON OLFMAN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Temporary grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner Solomon Olfman
Digital gallery of
Gunner Solomon Olfman
Digital gallery of
Gunner Solomon Olfman
Digital gallery of
Gunner Solomon Olfman
Digital gallery of
Gunner Solomon Olfman
Digital gallery of
Gunner Solomon Olfman
Digital gallery of
Gunner Solomon Olfman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 103 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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