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WATSON, Anthony Albert

Service Number:	487
Enlisted:	12 February 1915, Kyneton, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Metcalfe, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Langley School, Vic.
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916
Cemetery:	AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers Plot XVI, Row E, Grave 8, AIF Burial Ground, Flers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton Presbyterian Church Honor Roll WW1, Kyneton War Memorial, Langley Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

12 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 487, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Kyneton, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 487, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 487, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
4 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Lemnos
7 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 487, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 Aug 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 487, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 487 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-04

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Anthony Albert Watson is also remembered on the Langley School Honour Roll, Vic.