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WATTS, Archibald Hopkins

Service Number:	4327
Enlisted:	12 August 1915, Holdsworthy
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 28 November 1874
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boilerrmaker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 February 1917, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

12 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4327, 13th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4327, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4327, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
9 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4327, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell wound right arm
4 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4327, 13th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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