Born in Hobart, Tasmania, and educated at Ogilvie High School, Neilson became a postman, and married Jill Benjamin, daughter of Phyllis Benjamin, in Melbourne in 1948, they had one son Andrew and three daughters, Christine, Carol and Robin.
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, and educated at Ogilvie High School, Neilson became a postman, and married Jill Benjamin in Melbourne in 1948, they had one son Andrew. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, and educated at Ogilvie High School, Neilson became a postman, and married Jill Benjamin in Melbourne in 1948, they had three daughters. Christine, Carol and Robin were three daughters. Jill Benjamin was daughter of Phyllis Benjamin.