SIDNEY J. POSNER - ENLISTMENT IN ARMY - APRIL 5, 1945 - NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

NOTES:

• This is just an entry in an online index (not an actual document).
• It shows the enlistment, during World War II, of Sidney Posner (Esther's brother).
• Sidney would have been 27 at the time.
• This indicates that Sidney had had one year of college, and that his civil occupation (i.e., outside the army) was "Skilled mechanics and repairmen."
• Here's the entry, copied from ancestry.ca:

  U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 No Image
  
  Name: 	Sidney J Posner
  Race: 	White
  Marital status: 	Married
  Rank: 	Private
  Birth Year: 	1917
  Nativity State or Country: 	New York
  Citizenship: 	Citizen
  Residence: 	Essex, New Jersey
  Education: 	1 year of college
  Civil Occupation: 	Skilled mechanics and repairmen, n.e.c.
  Enlistment Date: 	5 Apr 1945
  Enlistment Place: 	Newark, New Jersey
  Service Number: 	42151977
  Branch: 	No branch assignment
  Component: 	Selectees (Enlisted Men)
  Source: 	Civil Life
  Height: 	00
  Weight: 	000
  

• Here's another index-only record entry, copied from ancestry.ca -- this one shows that Sidney wasn't discharged until October 8, 1946:

  U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 No Image
  
  Name: 	Sidney J Posner
  Gender: 	Male
  Birth Date: 	16 Dec 1917
  Death Date: 	24 Mar 2005
  SSN: 	526184835
  Enlistment Branch: 	ARMY
  Enlistment Date: 	5 Apr 1945
  Discharge Date: 	8 Oct 1946
  Page number: 	1