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Rank Private
Service # 54340
Unit # 1st, 18th battalion
Resident Chatham
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Private Nelson enlisted with the 33rd battalion and transferred shortly after to the 18th battalion arriving in England in May 1915.

He trained at Sandling Camp until Sept. 1915, when he proceeded to France drafted to the 1st Battalion.

While eating supper in the trenches, Oct. 13, he was killed instantly by shrapnel.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Cenotaph Chatham and Kent County Cenotaph - Chatham
Sources Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919)
Height 5'5"
Eye Colour grey
Age 28
Complexion fair
Hair light brown
Race white
Birthplace Gatehouse-of-fleet Scotland
Religion Prebysterian
Last Place of Employment George F. McKinley, Chatham
Average Earnings 250/yr
Marital Status single
When Enlisted Mar. 1915
Where Enlisted London, ON
Next of Kin Mother: Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, Scotland

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