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Private OSCAR HORACE NELSON

Service Number: 2470
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

48th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 January 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

IV. H. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Johannah Nelson. Native of South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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