NELSON, Alexander Harold Horatio
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 12 December 1884 |
| Home Town: | Modbury, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Memorials: | Modbury Loyal Men Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
His name was Alexander Harold Horatio Nelson, at the age of 29 he was enlisted to go to World War 1, but before that he was locally from Modbury, South Australia. He worked as an orchardist at Modbury. By the age of 29 he was already married with a baby on the way, when he set off for the war, he had to leave his pregnant wife behind.
Nelson landed on Gallipoli on 16 May 1915 and was promoted to Lieutenant. He served until August until he was evacuated with illness, first to Lemnos and then eventually to England. After recovering her returned to duty in Egypt in April 1916. He was promoted to Captain in April 1917 and spent much of that year in various training schools. On 27 October 1917 he returned to Australia for leave. He made it back to Egypt by March 1918.
After five years of war, he came back to Adelaide, SA. He had managed to keep his marriage going whilst he was away with the only thing keeping them in contact was letters every two months. When Alexander came back, he wrote the government asking for land, materials and 300 pounds to build his house, the government approved because of how well he had served our country and came back healthy. This man had a very lucky and long life.