WATSON, Robert Noel
| Service Number: | NX129034 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 7 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Wyong, New South Wales, Australia, 26 April 2012, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX129034, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 26 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX129034, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephenie Maher
Born in West Maitland 1919 May 7th
Parents: Albert and Lydia Watson
6 siblings in his family - 2 girls, 4 boys
Plumber most of his life
Private during the war - 16th Motor Regiment then onto the 2/48th Battalion (being involved in the taking of Lae but ended up in hospital in Port Moresby for several weeks).
Married 3 times
1st Marriage - 2 children
2nd Marriage - 3 children
3rd Marriage - no children
Lots of grandchildren and great grandchildren
Passed 2012 - nearly 93 years old
Robert loved fishing and spending time with family. He loved travelling, worked hard, didn't drink much and loved to chat. He owned a motorcycle in the late thirties and rode it around the Hunter river.
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