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In Memory of
NELSON, DANIEL HAROLD, D H
Rank: Private
Service: L/1195
Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
who died 23 age
01 August 1943

Remembered with honour
AGIRA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY


Born on 6 May 1920, Spalding, Melfort Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Son of Peter E. and Dina Nelson, of Naicam, Saskatchewan.
Daniel lived in Naicam, Saskatchewan with his parents.
He had four brothers and six sisters.
Most of them also lived with their parents in Naicam.
One of Daniel's brothers also served in the Canadian Army.
Daniel enlisted on the 7th of September 1939 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Daniel was severely wounded in action on the 31st of July 1943 at 18.00 hours when he was brought into a field dressing station with a bomb splinter in his lower face. He was then rushed to the field hospital which was in Ramacca. Here he died on the 1st of August at 02.50 hours and was initially buried at Ramacca Comunal Cemetery and later reburied at Agira. Where Daniel got wounded in action is not known, but at that time the 3rd Infantry Brigade was fighting hard around Hill 204 near Catenanuova.


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Name: Nelson, Daniel Harold, D H
Rank: Private
Service: L/1195
Unit Text:
Regiment: Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
Date of Death: 01/08/1943
Age: 23
Grave Reference: D. B. 407
Casuality:
Inscription: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith



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Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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