Service Details
Name:
 NELSON
Given Name:
 BART
Initials:
 B
Service No:
 21312
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-07-31
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of Bart and Anna Nelson, of 19, Northcote St., Grey Lynn, Auckland. "Private Bart. Nelson, killed in action, was the elder son of Mr. B. Nelson, of Crummer Road, Grey Lynn. He was born in Natal, South Africa, and came to New Zealand about nine years ago. At the age of 18, whilst employed in the Immigration Department, Wellington, he enlisted, and left with the sixteenth reinforcements. Invalided owing to shell-shock and classed as 'unfit for service,' he nevertheless again volunteered and went on active service. Private Nelson's father and grandfather both served in the British Army, and his great-grandfather fought and died in the Crimean war." (Auckland Weekly News, 8 November 1917, p. 22)
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Mesen, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 MESSINES RIDGE (N.Z.) MEMORIAL
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