NELSON, Olaf Ernest
| Service Number: | 1981 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1917, 7 years Cadets, 4 years Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 16th Light Railway Operating Company |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith's striker |
| Died: | Maryville, New South Wales, Australia, 19 September 1927, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-128. 60. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1981, Railway Unit (AIF), 7 years Cadets, 4 years Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 1981, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 1981, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 17 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1981, 16th Light Railway Operating Company, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
96 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 21st September 1927, Sapper Olaf Ernest Nelson, 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company (Reg No-1981), blacksmith's striker (Permanent Way Department, Honeysuckle Point Railway Workshops) and Secretary of the Islington Presentation Committee, from 97 Fern Street, Islington, New South Wales and 9 Bell Street, Maryville, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 50. ANGLICAN 2-128. 60.
Born at Clunes, Victoria about 1877 to Adolph and Theresa Nelson; husband of Elizabeth Esther Nelson nee Bourne (married 1917, Hamilton, N.S.W., remarried to Sidney H Jeffrey, 1930, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 27.9.1946, Islington, N.S.W., age?), Olaf enlisted on the 16th January 1917 with the Railway Unit, Section 5 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on the 11th May 1917.
Admitted to hospital 4.12.1917 (laryngitis and tonsillitis).
Granted leave to England from the 4.9.1918 to the 24.9.1918.
Olaf returned home on the 17th August 1919, being discharged on the 17th September 1919.
I have not located Mr. Nelson’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour. Note – the district of Islington never produced a War Memorial or Roll of Honour, only 2 Church Rolls of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Olaf’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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