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Lieutenant JOSEPH WILLIAM NELSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

XVIII. B. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder

Country of Service Australian
Additional Info Son of William Henry and Christina Eleanora Nelson; husband of Grace M. Nelson, of 601, Nicholson St., Carlton North, Victoria, Australia.
Personal Inscription WIFE HIS MEMORY LIVETH EVERMORE MOTHER ONLY A BROKEN HEART

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