James Sandeman WATSON

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Service Number:	1169
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lithgow, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 18 July 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot IV, Row A, Grave 16 Headstone Inscription "THERE REMAINS TO ME ONE GIFT FOREVER THIS TO HAVE CALLED THEE MINE", Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1169, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1169, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
18 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1169, 28th Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds

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Son of John and Elizabeth Sandeman WATSON; husband of Jessie Melville WATSON, of 6 Hill St., Edinburgh. Native of Linlithgow, Scotland.