Horace Cecil WATTS

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Service Number:	3639
Enlisted:	6 September 1915, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1891
Home Town:	Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shunter/Locomotive Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 February 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Peake Wood Cemetery Row C Grave 6
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3639, 17th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, New South Wales
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3639, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3639, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
5 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3639, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3639 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-05

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Horace Cecil WATTS was born on 11th September, 1891 in Penrith, New South Wales

His parents were Francis (Frank) WATTS & Charlotte BREEZE who married on 25th June, 1887 at All Saints Church, Parramatta

He was Killed in Action on 5th February, 1917 - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

May he Rest in Peace