Percy Hewitt WATMAN

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Service Number:	297
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Train
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Died of Wounds, At sea on board HS Newmarket off, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea Panel 68, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey,
Memorials:	Armidale Ben Venue Public School Roll of Honour, Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Warwick Amateur Rugby League Footballers Honour Roll, Warwick War Memorial

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 297, 1st Divisional Train, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 297, 1st Divisional Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 297, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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Address at the time of enlistment was McMillans, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW

Son of Charles Edward Watman and Rachel Watman of Palmerian Street, Warwick, QLD, later of Parramatta, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal