John Moore WATSON

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Service Numbers:	1616, 1302
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA. Originally issued with service number 1302 but changed to 1616
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Drydiggings, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Nannup, Nannup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sleeper Cutter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 39, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daylesford War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1616, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA. Originally issued with service number 1302 but changed to 1616
30 Dec 1914:	Involvement Driver, 1302, 4th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1914:	Embarked Driver, 1302, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Fremantle
23 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1616, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1616 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-23

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Son of John Moore Watson and Emma Rosa Watson of 40 Campbell Street, Moreland, Victoria

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

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