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Christopher John NILSEN

Regimental number5044
Place of birthKrogera Norway
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressPort Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lavinia Nilsen, at rear of Hughes Street, Sandwell Point, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date9 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A37 Barambah on 27 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 15 May 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Date of death8 May 1967

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