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NELSON, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3554 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bunyip, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bunyip, Cardinia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 22 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row B, Grave No. 7, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3554, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3554, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3554, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide | |
| 22 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 3554, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3554 awm_unit: 6th Australian Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-22 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Brothers, Alfred and Alexander Nelson enlisted together and were sent overseas with the 8th Battalion during late 1915.
They went separate ways and Alexander, the youngest, ended up joining the 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, a unit in which another brother George served.
His brother 3553 Pte. Alfred Nelson 59th Battalion was killed in action very late in the war, 29 September 1918. His third brother, 1981 Private George Nelson was also serving in the 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery and was awarded a Military Medal for bravery at Bullecourt. George returned to Australia in 1919.