Soldier profiles

Name : NELSON, ROBERT
Service Number : VX26852
Date of Birth : 27/02/1901
Place of Birth : SWAN HILL, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 28/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MOOROOPNA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : NELSON, ELISE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 15/09/1941
Date Died : 05/12/1961
Age at Death : 60
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6218230 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background :

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 10 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, grey hair. Full time war service : A.I.F. 28/06/1940 to 15/09/1941 which included 445 days active service (130 days overseas). War badge no. A1445. Discharge certificate no. 20191. Statement of service no. 292141.

Service record.
28/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
02/07/1940 Transferred to 4 Training Battalion.
20/08/1940 Transferred to 10 Training Battalion.
19/09/1940 Transferred from 10 Training Battalion to Pioneer Training Battalion.
30/10/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
08/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
07/06/1941 Transferred from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to Headquarters Guard Battalion.
26/07/1941 Embarked for return to Australia as escort on H.M.S. Queen Mary.
15/08/1941 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
16/08/1941 Entrained for Melbourne, Victoria.
20/08/1941 Taken on strength from Headquarters Guard Battalion.
15/09/1941 Discharged. Reason for discharge : Being medically unfit for service not occasioned by his own fault.