Leonard Ernest Nelson

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Leonard Ernest AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Nelson AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Len

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Nama Hōia

46053 AWMM

Ira tangata

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1917

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Wāhi Whānau

NZ

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Leonard & Ethel Ruth NELSON of Tolaga Bay

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 P.O., Tolaga Bay AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mr. L. Nelson, P.O., Tolaga Bay (f) AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

46053 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.156 Drover/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.156

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.156 Infantry Brigade 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.156 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
25 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Leonard Nelson and of Ethel Ruth Nelson (nee Chapman), of Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Matenga

26 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. C. 13 AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Nelson.— ln loving memory of (Len) Leonard Ernest Nelson, dearly beloved only son of Leonard and Ethel Nelson, Tolaga Bay. Killed in action, March 26, 1943; aged 25 years.
So dearly loved, So sadly missed.
—lnserted by Mum, Dad and Esme.

Nelson.—ln loving memory of our friend, Len, Who was killed in action March 26th, 1943.
—Ever remembered by the Matiazzi Family, Tolaga Bay.

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GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21363, 25 MARCH 1944, PAGE 1

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2183197
Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.156
• Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.