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Corporal JOHN FRANCIS JOSEPH NELSON

Service Number: C/30819
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Provost Corps

1 Provost Coy.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

IV. J. 13.

Italy

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Louis and Emma T. Nelson, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription LORD, HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL AND MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 4277
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