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Digital gallery of Major Elmer Gerald Nelson
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Photo of Elmer Gerald Nelson
He was a member of the Canadian Officers Training Corps and was commissioned in the Royal Canadian Regiment in London in September 1939. He went overseas in December 1939, trained in England and participated in the liberation of Italy. He was killed during the Battle for Ortona. -
Remembrance Book
Source: City of London Remembrance books online since 2005 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Elmer Gerald Nelson
Digital gallery of
Major Elmer Gerald Nelson
Digital gallery of
Major Elmer Gerald Nelson
Digital gallery of
Major Elmer Gerald Nelson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 198 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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