I Am Trying to Find Out About Clarence Hubert Nelson He was Born is South Australia

By ngjen May 30, 2015 1202 views 4 comments

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familydetective

Australia, Birth Index
Name: Clarence Hubert Nelson
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1892
Father's name: James Alex Nelson
Mother's name: Mary Ann Colman
Birth Place: Aldinga
Registration Place: Willunga, South Australia
Page Number: 30
Volume Number: 499

Marriage
Name: Clarence Hubert Nelson
Marriage Place: South Australia
Registration Place: South Australia
Registration Year: 1917-1927
Page Number: 509
Volume Number: 288

Not living in Australia I assume you can get the marriage cert from the South Australia gov site using the info above.

Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index
Name: Clarence Hubert Nelson
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1892
Birth Place: Aldinga, South Australia, Australia
Death Date: 7 Feb 1979
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Also from same site:

Birth: Apr. 11, 1892
Aldinga
South Australia, Australia
Death: Feb. 7, 1979

NELSON, Charles Herbert 26238
Bombadier
5th Australian Div T M Bde.
Born Clarence Hubert NELSON 11 April 1892 at Aldinga, SA
Son James Alexander NELSON and Mary Ann Alice nee COLEMAN
Of 25 Lily St., Goodwood, SA
Occupation prior to enlistment Electrical Engineer
Enlisted 11 January 1916 at Adelaide, SA
Served France and Belgium.
Awarded the Military Medal August 30 1917
For repairing telephone wires under heavy shell fire, and establishing communication between the battery and the observation post during an important engagement at Ypres
Injured at Estrees on 12 October 1918 and invalided to Rouen, Birmingham and Dartford.
Invalided to Australia 26 February 1919 per 'Demothenes'
Died 07 February 1979
Aged 86 years
Resided Kent Street, Hawthorn, SA
Buried Centennial Park Cemetery Columbarium Walls Path 20 Grave E022

Burial:
Centennial Park Cemetery
Adelaide
South Australia, Australia

Australia, WWI Service Records
Name: Clarence Hubert Nelson
Birth Place: Aldinga, South Australia
Dossier Year Range: 1914-1920
Enlistment Place: Adelaide, South Australia
Service number: 26238
Next of Kin: Alice Nelson
Relationship to Soldier: Mother

ngjen

Thanks for all that information. Does anyone know what he did for a living after WW1?

familydetective

you could try looking on the :Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

janilye

Yes! try the rolls. He was probably still a Mechanic.
When father, James Nelson, died on Sunday 26 May 1946; The family were still living at 25 Lily-street, Goodwood; wife, Mary Ann Alice, nee Coleman had been dead since 9 June 1938. She was always refered to as Alice, they'd had 10 children 8 boys and 2 girls.
Australian War Memorial
Discovering Anzacs at the National Archives
and The R.S.L Virtual Memorial are looking for family contributors.