Nelson, Samuel Banks Jr.
Survived 1918-03-28
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Samuel Banks Nelson & Ashley Jean Perry Lindsay
Home: Lire, Pays de la Loire, France
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
41 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Base
France
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
Lieutenant
Service Numbers
First Burial
Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario
Nelson was an American immigrant to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario.1917-03-31: observer training finished and posted to 63 Sqn, Mesopotamia.1917-09-02: Invalided to India, returned 1917-12-16.1918-03-28: posted to Egypt for pilot training. He returned to England 1918-07-04, posted to 41Sqn 1918-10-14 and 84 Sqn 1919-04-13.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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