Albert John NEILSON

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Service Number:	290
Enlisted:	4 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 2 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

4 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 290, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 290, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 290, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
27 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 290, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left thigh

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Son of Annie Collins (formerly Neilson) of Nicholson Street, Rockhampton, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medals, Victory Medal