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Walter Neilson

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Military service

Service number: N25421
Age: 28
Force: Navy
Unit/Regiment: HMCS Stadacona
Birth: October 31, 1926 Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment: December 29, 1944 England
Death: November 8, 1954 Halifax, Nova Scotia

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Section E, Plot 346
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Son of Effingham and Jeanie Neilson of Glasgow, Scotland. Brother of Mary McGee of Scotland and Jeanie Elliott of England.

FORT MASSEY CEMETERY (HALIFAX) Nova Scotia, Canada

Fort Massey Cemetery is located at the junction of Queen and South Streets in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is bounded to the west by Holy Cross Cemetery.

The Fort Massey Cemetery was established c. 1778, in conjunction with Fort Massey, to serve as a burial place for the garrison of the Fort. Today it contains the remains of those who served in Canada's military as well as the remains soldiers dating back to the British occupation of Halifax. In some cases relatives of military personnel and certain civilians, who had involvement with the military, were also interred there. Fort Massey Cemetery is significant for it's long history of providing a resting place for military dead.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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