Eric Benjamin NELSON

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NELSON, Eric Benjamin

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	23 December 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 January 1892
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Church of England Grammar "Shore", North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Telephone Engineer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 29 January 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France Plot VI, Row B, Grave 5
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour, Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

23 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
17 Jan 1917:	Involvement No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917:	Embarked No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
29 Jan 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-01-29

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Eric Benjamin NELSON was born in St Leonards, Sydney on 7th January, 1892

His parents were John Yeates NELSON & Alice MOUNTCASTLE who married in Sydney in 1889

Eric died of wounds in France on 29th January 1918 following an air operation and is buried in the Lapugnoy Military Cemetery

Biography contributed by Megan Nelson

A telephone engineer from North Sydney, NSW prior to enlistment, Lt Nelson embarked with the rank of Second Lieutenant with B Flight from Melbourne on RMS Omrah on 17 January 1917. Following his transfer to the 71st Squadron he was promoted to Lieutenant. Subsequently transferring back to the 4th Squadron, he was wounded in action in France and, on 29 January 1918, aged 26, he succumbed to his wounds and was buried in the Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France.

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