A DARLINGTON soldier will celebrate her 21st birthday in Iraq at the weekend.
Private Charlotte Nelson is stationed at an airfield with the 5th Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as part of British troop deployments.
The former Longfield Comprehensive School pupil is likely to be in the Middle East until January.
Her mother, Heather Nelson, said Charlotte was involved in a wide variety of duties.
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