James Thomas WATSON

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Service Number:	1188
Enlisted:	5 October 1914, Enlisted at Townsville
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ravenswood, Queensland, 1890
Home Town:	Ravenswood, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cordial Maker
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 32, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

5 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1188, Enlisted at Townsville
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1188, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1188, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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Son of James John Dunlop Watson and Catherine Watson nee Grahl of Macrossan Street, Ravenswood, QLD

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