His story
Poul Emil Nielsen was a cook from Copenhagen who joined the Canadian forces at Valcartier in September 1914. His attestation describes him as single and Lutheran. The papers also use the name Paul Emil Nielson; both forms help identify the same recorded man.
He served in the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps, with the memorial identifying the 2nd Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section. His medical record records death on 25 October 1918 and identifies bronchial pneumonia as the cause. He was buried at Bramshott St Mary’s Churchyard.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Canadian service
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Occupation
- Cook
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- 19430
- Corps or service
- Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 2nd Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section
- Enlistment or entry recorded
- September 1914 at Valcartier (supplied original attestation)
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 25 October 1918
- Age
- 32
- Recorded cause
- Bronchial pneumonia (original medical record)
- Cemetery or memorial
- Bramshott (St Mary) Churchyard
- Grave reference
- II. B. 16.
Where he worked
- No. 2 Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section
Veterans Affairs Canada identifies 2nd Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section. The dates of his section posting remain incomplete.
A recorded posting supplies context for his service. Exact duties and presence during a particular incident require their own evidence.
Connected men
- Niel Donald WILKINSONAlso buried at Bramshott (St Mary) Churchyard
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Poul Emil Nielsen”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/poul_emil_nielsen/.
Contribute information
Can you identify Nielsen's next of kin or a family photograph, and establish precise archive page references for the supplied attestation and medical card?