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NIELSEN, Clair Christian

Service Number:	5167
Enlisted:	20 October 1915
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Birkenhead, South Australia, 1 November 1895
Home Town:	Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Illness while a POW, Hospital, Brauchenau, Germany, 16 November 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Niederzwehren Cemetery Niederzwehren Cemetery, Niederzwehren, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5167, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
19 Jul 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5167, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
10 Jul 1917:	Imprisoned Taken Prisoner at Nieuport, Belgium with many others from; 2nd Australian Tunnelling company, 2/Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 1/Northamptonshires
16 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 5167, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5167 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-11-16

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