Alexander WATSON

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Service Number:	2822
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, 10 March 1885
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Footscray primary
Occupation:	Iron Moulder
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Villers-bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France Panle no. XIII.B I. , Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2822, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2822, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 2822, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2822 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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