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Private JOHN (JOCK) NEILSON

Service Number: 6831
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY

IV. E. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Jessie Hunter Neilson, of "Seaham," No. 2 Colliery, West Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales. Native of Mount Kembla, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED
  • N.B. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
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