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Actions Displays	Soldier's Service and Pay Book Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/028:027 TitleSoldier's Service and Pay Book DescriptionBritish Soldier's Service and Pay Book (Army Book 64) issued to BNA (British North African [Forces])/13809483, Private A. Hofbauer, on 2 April 1943 when he enlisted in the British Army Pioneer Corps at Boufarik, Algeria, for the duration of the War (WW II). The book (20 pages) contains details of service, including vaccinations, medals awarded, training, leave, how to create a will, etc. Also includes his brother Frank's address in Australia. Last entries in 1946. Alfred Hofbauer was born in 1913 in Vienna and found refuge in France c. 1938. He escaped to Switzerland c. 1939, joined the French Foreign Legion 1939/1940, then the Pioneer Corps, British Army in 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and came to Australia in 1946. Production date 1943 Subjectservice records, pay book, World War II (1939-1945), Jews in military Object namesoldier's service and pay books Materialpaper, ink, paper, metal, fibres (fabrics) Dimensions width: 95.00 mm height: 125.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2015

Object numberM2008/028:027

TitleSoldier's Service and Pay Book

DescriptionBritish Soldier's Service and Pay Book (Army Book 64) issued to BNA (British North African [Forces])/13809483, Private A. Hofbauer, on 2 April 1943 when he enlisted in the British Army Pioneer Corps at Boufarik, Algeria, for the duration of the War (WW II). The book (20 pages) contains details of service, including vaccinations, medals awarded, training, leave, how to create a will, etc. Also includes his brother Frank's address in Australia. Last entries in 1946. Alfred Hofbauer was born in 1913 in Vienna and found refuge in France c. 1938. He escaped to Switzerland c. 1939, joined the French Foreign Legion 1939/1940, then the Pioneer Corps, British Army in 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and came to Australia in 1946.

Production date 1943

Subjectservice records, pay book, World War II (1939-1945), Jews in military

Object namesoldier's service and pay books

Materialpaper, ink, paper, metal, fibres (fabrics)

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2015

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