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WATSON, Frederick William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1060 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 29, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1060, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1060, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
12 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1060, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed at the landing |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Watson and Mary Ann Watson nee Walton of 46 Banole Avenue, East Prahran, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal