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NELSON, Robert
(Service number 55614)

Jock, Robert (Bob), Thomas (Tom), and Dick Nelson — (Courtesy of P Nelson )

Cave War Memorial unveiling — Mrs Nelson, Thomas and Robert's mother, had the honour of unveiling the Cave War Memorial in 1928. While the quality of this amatuer image is unfortunately fairly poor, it does show Mrs Nelson at the unveiling (on the right), and she is believed to be accompanied by Robert (on the left). (Courtesy of P Nelson )

Mackenzie County soldiers, 1917 — This group all embarked in 1917 and all come from the Cave - Albury - Cricklewood area of the MacKenzie County. All were 2nd South Canterbury Infantry, except Casey, who was NZ Rifle Brigade. Most embarked in June 1917, except Robert Nelson who didn’t leave until October, meaning the image was probably taken in England.

Pictured are:
BACK ROW: L/Cpl Arthur George Curtis, Pte William Maylen (DOD), Pte Robert Nelson, Pte William Hugh Corbett, Pte Adam Corbett (KIA).
FRONT ROW: Rfm Richard Casey & Pte Thomas Nelson (DOW)

The Nelsons were brothers, as were the Corbetts. (Courtesy of P Bishop )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	15 August 1888	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date	3 May 1917	Age	28
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farm manager for J Wills, Cricklewood, South Canterbury
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs S. Nelson (mother), Cave
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	30th Reinforcements, F Company
Date	13 October 1917
Transport	Corinthic
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Liverpool, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age
Place of Death
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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	Cave War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Service abroad: 1 year, 312 days

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database; Web submission by M Mowatt, 30 March 2018

External Links

Military personnel file

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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