Robert Stobo WATSON

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Service Number:	26754
Enlisted:	2 March 1916, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
Born:	Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 6 November 1897
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Scotch College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 August 1918, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Caix Communal Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton North Road Presbyterian Church HB

2 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 26754, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Melbourne
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 26754, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 26754, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
14 Aug 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 26754, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 26754 awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-08-14

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Robert Stobo WATSON was born in Essendon in Victoria on 6th November, 1897

His parents were Robert Stobo WATSON & Jessie MACONOCHIE who married in Victoria in 1886