LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Viola Emma NELSON
Service No: 107211
Born: Melbourne VIC, 20 January 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 October 1942 (at Adelaide SA)
Discharged from the RAAF: 30 November 1945
Unit at Discharge: Townsville Telecommunications Unit QLD
Died: Illness, South Australia, 20 January 1947, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Adelaide (West Terrace) Cemetery, South Australia
CWGC Additional Information: Daughter of Cecil and Leah Nelson, of Glandore
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 20 January 1947 Corporal Nelson, a Clerk Signals, died of an illness.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/29/247