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Flying Officer James Lester Nelson

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Military service

Service number: 200583
Age: 33
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: RCAF Station Gimli
Birth: March 3, 1921 Westboro, Ontario
Enlistment: September 5, 1941 Ontario
Death: January 29, 1955 Gimli, Manitoba

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Grave reference: Body not recovered
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Son of John A. and Caroline G. (nee Sullivan) Nelson of Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Edith May (nee Rump) Nelson and father of Lawrence, Marilyn and Leslie of Gimli, Manitoba. Brother of Lawrence Earl, Clifford, John Ronald and Grace E. Nelson.

 

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