Albert John NEILSON MM

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Service Number:	VX51865
Enlisted:	21 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wodonga, Victoria, Australia , 5 October 1917
Home Town:	Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Farming)
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 18 January 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 25. Inscription: "DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX51865
21 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51865, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion
29 Aug 1942:	Honoured Military Medal
18 Jan 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, Died from scrub typhus.

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