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Albert John Elson
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Son of Albert and Rebecca Elson
Spotten Islands , Labrador
Enlisted: 30 May 1916
Age 19 Years, 9 Months
Embarked: St. John's on SS Sicilian
for UK 28 Aug 1916
6 Section, 10 Platoon, "C" Company
3rd, Battalion, 1st. Nfld Regiment.
Joined Bn. in field 17 Jan 1917
16 Aug 1917 GSW right shoulder
Served in Flanders, Somme, Belgium, Germany.
Discharged 17 May 1919
7 Feb 1919 - Returned to St. John's on
SS Corsican
Total service 2 years, 353 days.
Returned to St. Anthony.