Died of wounds, gunshot wounds to his stomach and right thigh, received during contact with the enemy in the town of Chiusi, Italy. He was evacuated to hospital where he died of his wounds
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
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Son of Manhardus and Margaret Fleming Solomon and husband of Joyce Mary (nee Willis) Solomon, of Northdene Avenue, Brakpan. Born in Johannesburg. An apprentice plumber by trade.