Rupert Llandels Waldron NELSON

NELSON, Rupert Llandels Waldron

Service Numbers: NX113110, N303471
Enlisted: 14 September 1942, Parkes, New South Wales
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia, 10 November 1922
Home Town: Warrawee, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling: Barker College
Occupation: School Student
Died: Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Borneo, 6 July 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

14 Sep 1942: Enlisted NX113110, Parkes, New South Wales
14 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX113110, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
15 Sep 1942: Involvement N303471
6 Jul 1945: Involvement Lieutenant, NX113110, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Rupert Llandels Waldron NELSON was born on 10th November, 1922 in Lindfield, Sydney

His parents were John Andrew Waldron NELSON & Inez Josephine WYBORN who married in Sussex, England in 1919

His father John also served in WW1  (SN 3683) and (SN 156)