James Brown WATSON

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Service Number:	700
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Motherwell War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 700, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 700, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Jul 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 700, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 700 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-25

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Enlistment date 22 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Private

Age at embarkation 29. Corporal Watson's unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914.

Corporal Watson is honoured on the Motherwell War Memorial where his rank is shown as Private. See "Overseas Forces" on the names panel.

Next of kin: Mrs E Watson, 49 Almada Street, Hamilton, Scotland.