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Rifleman JOHN ALEXANDRA NELSON

Service Number: H/77215
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Winnipeg Rifles, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

IX. F. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Annie Nelson; husband of Marie Nelson, of Plum Coulee, Manitoba.
  • Personal Inscription AS WE LOVED HIM SO WE MISS HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1158
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