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Personal data

• Name NEILSON
• Initials WP
• First name WILLIAM POLLOCK
• Place of birth Brisbane
• Country Queensland, Australia
• Family Son of John A. Neilson and Ann, his wife
• Extra info Husband of Dora C. Neilson, of Ridge St., Greenslopes, Queensland

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment enlisted in Rockhampton, Queensland on 7 September 1915
• Service number 4176
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 26th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 7th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career embarkation in Brisbane on 28 March 1916; to France on 26 July 1916

Death

• Wounded Trench feet, to hospital on 8 December 1916, transferred to England; back to unit on 3 July 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds on left buttock at n°17 CCS
• Date of death 11 October 1917
• Died at the age of 29
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - J - 3

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