George Ernest WATTS

WATTS, George Ernest

    Service Number: 359
    Enlisted: 22 October 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 23 May 1893
    Home Town: Hamilton, Queensland
    Schooling: State School, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Groom
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 50, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 359, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 359, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 359, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    9 May 1915: Involvement Private, 359, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 359 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-09

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Ernest George Watts and Margaret Olived Watts nee Dryden. Brother of Frederick Watts MM who died of wounds, gunshot wounds to the back, on 18 September 1918 while serving with the 15th Battalion and was buried in the Hancourt British Cemetery Row C, Grave 9. Headstone inscription reads: In memory of the dearly loved son of Mr. E.G. Watts of Brisbane

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

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