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Nelson Dunstan Bosanko

Birth
New York, USA
Death
21 Jan 1961 (aged 68)
Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Enlisted, July 9, 1917, in Troop E, 1st NY Cavalry Regiment, Brooklyn, NY. The regiment reorganized for the war, as the 104th and 106th Machine Gun Battalions, 27th Division, he was assigned to the Company C, 106th MG Battalion.

The 106th Machine Gun Battalion was assigned to Camp Wadsworth, SC, for training. November 12, 1917, he was transferred to the School of Military Aeronautics, University of Texas, Austin. In January 1918 he was transferred to the aviation school at Kelly Field, Texas then to Leon Spring Training Vamp, Texas. He was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant, June 6, 1918.

He was discharged from the service, December 23, 1918.

He served in the 1st NY Cavalry and the 106th Machine Gun Battalion with his brother Stanley Ernest Bosanko

HOR, 1917, 1225 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY

Career, AKA, Nelson Dunstan
Horse racing columnist, writing for Daily Racing Form, Morning Telegraph. He was the president of the NY Turf Writers Association for many years and vice president of the National Museum of Racing, at Saratoga, NY
Enlisted, July 9, 1917, in Troop E, 1st NY Cavalry Regiment, Brooklyn, NY. The regiment reorganized for the war, as the 104th and 106th Machine Gun Battalions, 27th Division, he was assigned to the Company C, 106th MG Battalion.

The 106th Machine Gun Battalion was assigned to Camp Wadsworth, SC, for training. November 12, 1917, he was transferred to the School of Military Aeronautics, University of Texas, Austin. In January 1918 he was transferred to the aviation school at Kelly Field, Texas then to Leon Spring Training Vamp, Texas. He was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant, June 6, 1918.

He was discharged from the service, December 23, 1918.

He served in the 1st NY Cavalry and the 106th Machine Gun Battalion with his brother Stanley Ernest Bosanko

HOR, 1917, 1225 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY

Career, AKA, Nelson Dunstan
Horse racing columnist, writing for Daily Racing Form, Morning Telegraph. He was the president of the NY Turf Writers Association for many years and vice president of the National Museum of Racing, at Saratoga, NY


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