Born 16 May 1896 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of commercial traveller Per Olof SOLIN and Annie Jane CRAIG [15] [50]
Resided with his parents at Saysi on Australind Street in the Perth suburb of Claremont [6] [50]
Married (1) Veronica Ernestine FIELD in Perth in 1922 [66]
In 1925 was working as a Linesman and living with his wife on Coode Street in the Perth suburb of Bayswater [50]
Tractor Driver in Carnamah in 1927 and in Winchester later in 1927 and in 1928 [4: 19-Nov-1927, 17-Mar-1928] [19]
Foundation Secretary of the Winchester Cricket Club in 1927 [4: 19-Nov-1927]
Member of the Winchester Picnic Sports Meeting - was Acting Secretary in January 1928 [4: 14-Jan-1928]
Attended the wedding of Kathleen HÄUSSLER and Harry ZUEGG of Winchester in Carnamah on 7 February 1928 [4: 11-Feb-1928]
In 1936 he was a Labourer and living at 34 Gregory Street in Geraldton, at which time his wife was a Nurse in Pemberton [50]
Married (2) his former wife Veronica Ernestine SOLIN nee FIELD in Perth in 1941 [16]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 28 May 1941 [16]
Private WX13661 in the Australian Army's 3 Australian Corps Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died from an illness during his service in the Australian Army [18]; his name is on Perth's Roll of Honour [16]
Died 15 July 1942; buried at the Perth War Cemetery within the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Q, A003) [2]
Also known as Albin Conrad SOLIN [2] [16]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Olof Albin Conrad Solin' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/olof-albin-conrad-solin [reference list] |
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