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WATSON, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 8217 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Tunnelling Companies |
| Born: | Fremantle WA, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Builder |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Busigny France, 29 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Busigny, Cambrai, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oakleigh Avenue of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 8217, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 8217, Tunnelling Companies, SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
| 29 Oct 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 8217, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8217 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-10-29 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Christopher Watson
William and two other members of the 1st Australian Tunneling Co were killed by a shell from a German air raid whilst in camp some few kilometres out of Busigny less than two weks before the end of the War.
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