John Hamilton James (Jack) WATTS

WATTS, John Hamilton James

    Service Number: 1644
    Enlisted: 3 December 1914, Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1885
    Home Town: Walcha, Walcha, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Wounds, France, 31 July 1916, aged 30 years
    Cemetery: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord
    Plot II, Row F, Grave 122,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Walcha & District War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1644, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
    11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1644, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1644, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
    31 Jul 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 1644, 54th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1644 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-31

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of James Nicholls Bede WATTS and Catherine Mary WATTS nee HAMILTON, The Elma, PO, Walcha, New South Wales

    Our Walcha correspondent writes that news came to hand on Saturday last that Lance-Corporal J. H. J. Watts, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. B. Watts, Walcha, had died from wounds  received in action in France. The young soldier had been twice wounded before. He had been about two years in the ranks.

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