Eric William NELSON

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Service Number:	5164
Enlisted:	26 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Turku (Åbo), Finland, 7 May 1889
Home Town:	Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 10 April 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

26 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5164, Adelaide, South Australia
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5164, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5164, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide
10 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5164, 10th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)

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Eric was a sailor, a native of Finland who arrived in Adelaide on 05 Apr 1905 and was naturalized on 08 Jan 1915