Identity
Person No.
18554
Service No.
21312
Last Name
First Name
Bart
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Grave Reference
Unknown
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Bart and Anna Nelson, of 19, Northcote St., Grey Lynn, Auckland. "Private Bart. Nelson, killed in action, was the elder son of Mr. B. Nelson, of Crummer Road, Grey Lynn. He was born in Natal, South Africa, and came to New Zealand about nine years ago. At the age of 18, whilst employed in the Immigration Department, Wellington, he enlisted, and left with the sixteenth reinforcements. Invalided owing to shell-shock and classed as 'unfit for service,' he nevertheless again volunteered and went on active service. Private Nelson's father and grandfather both served in the British Army, and his great-grandfather fought and died in the Crimean war." (Auckland Weekly News, 8 November 1917, p. 22)
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project