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Military service
Service number:
A/34888
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 14, 1918
London, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 24, 1940
London, Ontario
Death:
July 29, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. A. 1.
Additional information
Son of John J. and Blanche Nelson, of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Peter Anthony Nelson
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Photo of Peter Anthony Nelson
Killed in action at Falaise, France on July 29, 1944. -
Photo of Peter Nelson
Books of Remembrance - London, Ontario -
Newspaper clipping
TORONTO STAR PAGES OF THE PAST ONLINE ARCHIVE 1944, Aug 16 page 28 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Bayeux War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of PETER ANTHONY NELSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Peter Anthony Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Anthony Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Anthony Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Anthony Nelson
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Anthony Nelson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 404 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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