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Alexander NELSON

Regimental number3554
Place of birthBunyip Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address5 Nottingham Street, Kensington, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Nelson, 5 Nottingham Street, Kensington, Victoria
Enlistment date30 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateDied of wounds 22 July 1918
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row B, Grave No. 7), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20

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