Nielson, Gerald Hugh
SURNAME
Nielson
NAME
Gerald Hugh
PLACE OF BIRTH
Melbourne
OCCUPATION
Farmer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Townsville
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
17/01/1916
NEXT OF KIN
George Nielson (father), Mossman
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Lived on the family farm at Mossman
REGIMENT 1
Special units
RANK
Gunner
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
DATE DISCHARGED
3/10/1919
OTHER INFORMATION
9th Field Artillery Brigade, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, 3rd Div Artillery. Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
STORY OUTLINE
After a medical examination at Port Douglas Qld on 11-12-1915, Gerald Hugh Nielson enlisted in Townsville a month later.
He embarked 29-07-1916 HMAT "Orsova" at Sydney and disembarked Plymouth, England on 14-09-1916.
He marched into Etaples France on 09-01-1917 and transferred to 107th Battery 7th Field Artillery Brigade as a driver.
After a month's leave in England in August 1918 he was transferred to the Australian Corps Workshops at Jeumont, France.
Granted extended leave on medical grounds he was transported to England on the HT 'Karmala' on 04-07-1919 and was invalided and returned to Australia on the same transport departing Devonport, England on 01-07 -1919 and disembarking on 19-08-1919, and discharged six weeks later.
SERVICE NO
25461
