Eric William Nelson

Alias Blomqvist
Born 7.05.1889
Place Abo (Turku), Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Roman Catholic
Arrived at Australia from Abo, Finland
on 5.04.1905
per Fahrwohl
disembarked at Port Adelaide, SA
Residence before enlistment Adelaide, Bowden, SA
Occupation Sailor, labourer
Naturalisation 1915

Service #1

Service number 5164
Enlisted 26.01.1916
Place of enlistment Adelaide
Unit 10th Battalion
Rank Private
Place Western Front, 1916-1917
Final fate KIA 10.04.1917
Cemetery Vaulx Hill British Cemetery
Memorial 26 Villers-Bretonneux, France

Materials

Blog article

Russian

English

Newspaper articles

Commemoration by friends. The Express and Telegraph, Adelaide, 10 May 1917, p. 1.

The late Private E.W. Nelson. Chronicle, Adelaide, 12 May 1917, p. 46, portr.

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