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Telegraphist PETER EDWARD NELSON

Service Number: SV70
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.A.S. Perth

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1943

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY

A10. C. 1.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Peter Andrew and Mary Nelson; husband of Yvonne Nelson, of Harbord, New South Wales. Australia.
  • Personal Inscription THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE GROW OLD
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Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 3770
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