Victor Lawrence William NIELSEN

Regimental number3119
Place of birthSt Kilda, Victoria
SchoolState School, Fitzroy St, St Kilda, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPastrycook
AddressSt Kilda, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Frances E V Nielson, 55 Clyde Street, St Kilda, Victoria
Enlistment date10 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Place of death or woundingMericourt, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Laurence and Frances NIELSEN. Native of St. Kilda, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal