OLFMAN, Shia Solomon
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- 1915
- Date of Death
- July 31, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Surrey, England
- Enlistment No.
- C-11982
- Rank
- Gunner
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Artillery
- Notes
- Gunner Shia Solomon Olfman, R.C.A., of Kamsack, Saskatchewan, died as a result of an accident overseas on July 31, 1942, according to an official report. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, England. Gunner Olfman joined the army in August 1940 and went to England in June 1941. He served with an anti-tank battery. He was one of five sons to serve in the armed forces: Captain Abram Olfman, Canadian Dental Corps; Aircraftman Jack Olfman, R.C.A.F.; Aircraftman Maurice Olfman, R.C.A.F.; and Hymie Olfman, R.C.A.F. Following the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources’ announcement that it desired to give to its many previously unnamed lakes, rivers and islands the names of Saskatchewan servicemen killed on active duty in World War II, in 1951 the province named Olfman Creek in memory of Gunner Solomon Olfman.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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