Frank Charles WATSON

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Service Number:	3521
Enlisted:	27 July 1915, Keswick South Australia Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Kensington, South Australia, 21 June 1898
Home Town:	Kensington, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines Flanders Belgium, France, United Kingdom, 8 June 1917, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick South Australia Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3521, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 10 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note:
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3521, 10th Infantry Battalion
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3521, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3521, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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