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NELSON, Reginald Carlyle
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 163, 260365 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Squadron Leader |
Last Unit: | No. 71 RAAF Base (Amberley) |
Born: | Jamberoo, New South Wales, 8 June 1896 |
Home Town: | Jamberoo, Kiama, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney Grammar |
Occupation: | Student |
Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 February 1979, aged 82 years |
Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Grave Location: 1D-4-174, Portion 1D/Row 4/Grave 174. Also his (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 34/Row D; AT the Queensland Garden of Remembrance (within Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery) - Graham Rd - Bridgeman Downs, Qld, Australia. Find A Grave Memorial# 184458751 |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Jamberoo Memorial Arch, Jamberoo Uniting Church Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 163, Warwick Farm, New South Wales | |
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16 Mar 1916: | Embarked Second Corporal, 163, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
16 Mar 1916: | Involvement Second Corporal, 163, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
16 Sep 1917: | Transferred Second Corporal, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Was Air Mechanic in 1 SQDR. Sep-1917 attached to 29th Training Sqdr. for course of instruction in aviation. | |
18 Nov 1917: | Promoted Second Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Promoted on completion of course. | |
18 Feb 1918: | Promoted Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Promoted to Lieutenant and assigned to 4 Sqdr, C Flight. Proceeded back to France 6-Apr-1918. | |
14 Jul 1918: | Imprisoned "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", Shot down near Nieppe forest by ground fire while attacking a barrage balloon and captured. POW for remainder of war. | |
27 Jun 1919: | Discharged Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
World War 2 Service
14 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 260365, Ipswich, Queensland | |
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1 Jan 1945: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, No. 71 RAAF Base (Amberley), Transferred to RAAF Amberly base as Chief Flight Controller. Finished war as Wing Commander. Stayed in service until 1949. | |
5 Dec 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 260365 |
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