In Memory Of

NELSON, BART

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 21312
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 1st Bn.
Regiment:
 Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Date of Death:
 1917-07-31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 MESSINES RIDGE (N.Z.) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Mesen, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
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)