Participant Info

Surname

Nelson

First Name

John

Initial

H

Service Number

6861

Rank

private

Unit Served

48th Battalion

Service Record

France

Enlistment Date

1917

Enlistment Month

July 21

Embarkation Year

1917

Embarkation Month

October 30

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, SA section H, notes page 12, image page 13

Also Known As

Spousal

Vera Constance Nelson

Spousal Address

Main Avenue, Frewville

Spouse City

Spouse State

SA

Parental Name

Parental Address

Parental City

Parental State

Notes

"born Helsingfors, Finland, printer, enlisted July 23, 1917, embarked October 27, 1917. War service: France (wounded Villers-Bretonneux, May 3, 1918), invalided to Etaples, thence to England, returned to Australia, October 5, 191