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WATSON, Christian William John
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX5466 |
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Enlisted: | 2 June 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia, 23 November 1905 |
Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Currie, Tasmania, Australia, 21 October 1995, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Currie Public Cemetery, King Island, Tasmania Row 9 Church of England Section. |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
2 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX5466, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
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22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Captured by the Japanese on Timor; repatriated from Manila. | |
24 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX5466, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
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