Percy WATSON

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Service Number:	522
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Prahran
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row N, Grave 29 Headstone inscription reads: His country called and he answered, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundalaguah, Montgomery & Mrytlebank Roll of Honour, Melbourne Wesley Collegians Honour Roll

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 522, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 522, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 522, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
22 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 522, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 522 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Son of Alfred Edward and Agnes Watson of 'Ballymena' Ragaln Parade, Warrnambool, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal