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Military service
Service number:
201688
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Death:
April 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Sarah Nelson, of Kildrum, Shankbridge, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Henry Nelson
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Joseph Henry Nelson
NELSON, Joseph Henry, 201688 or 201868, Private, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Central Ontario Regt.), died on the 23rd April 1917. He was almost 5' 11" tall and a teamster. He had emigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived at 110, Parliament Street, Toronto. He was the 30 year old son of Joseph and Sarah Nelson of Kildrum, Shankbridge, Ballymena. He nominated his mother as his next of kin, giving her address as Shankbridge Post Office. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Joseph Henry Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Henry Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Henry Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Henry Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Henry Nelson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 300 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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