James Blundell “Fullthrough” Nelson

Gunner · NZ #2020 · R Patrol

What this roll records

The prefix NZ has been added to his service number, on the authority of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph record already linked on this card — the Museum holds him as a New Zealand service person. The digits are unchanged. This roll formerly left the number unmarked, which made it look like a British number to anyone reading the field rather than the card.

Patrol "R" (as at 5 Dec 1940) added from LRP Roll. Source: LRP Roll (Original LRP Nominal Roll as at 5 Dec 1940, Capt L H Browne).

Online Cenotaph record found in August 2026. AN INSURANCE INSPECTOR in civilian life. He embarked as a GUNNER with the FIRST ECHELON (2NZEF Nominal Roll 1, p.133) — away with the very first convoy in January 1940. The Museum gives his rank as Gunner, which is the rank this card already held. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record C139357.

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Where this comes from

• AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
• Listed in the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.

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