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NELSON, Charles John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 26934 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Minlaton War Memorial WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Sep 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 26934, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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6 Sep 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 26934, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
1 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 26934, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 26934 awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-01 |
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