John Andrew Waldron Nelson

Submitted by Bandha on Tue, 16/08/2016 - 16:53

First Name:

John

Middle Name:

Andrew Waldron

Last Name:

Nelson

Date of Birth:

Wednesday, April 1, 1891

Mother's Name:

Sophia Dunbar McMahon

Father's Name:

John Nelson

Date Enlisted:

Wednesday, August 12, 1914

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Unit:

Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) and 19th Infantry Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Date of Death:

Thursday, May 27, 1965

Place of Death:

NSW

Details:

John Andrew Waldron Nelson was born in Kiama, N.S.W.

He enlisted twice in World War I:

1914: (Service No 156) when he was 23 years of age and served with the First Naval Military Force, saw action in New Guinea but discharged due to malaria.

1915: (Service No 3683) served on the Western Front. Served in a machine gun squad.

John was the brother of Reggie Nelson (AFC) and grandson of Andrew Nelson (Mayor of GerringonG, NSW), and first cousin of Sergeant Wally Sharpe (Light Horse Regiment).

Sources:

AWM records, Enlistment documentation, Red Cross documents re POW brother

NAA: B2455, NELSON JOHN ANDREW WALDRON