Charles Scott WATSON

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Service Number:	88
Enlisted:	1 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Point Brown Station, 27 September 1888
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Memorials:

1 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 88, Enlisted at Morphettville
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement 88, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked 88, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
23 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 88, Discharged 5 Military District

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Address at the time of enlistemd was De Gray Station, Western Australia

8 October 1918 - Returned to Australia from Italy on board Port Sydney

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

7 February 1920 - Married Dora Hilda Ey in St Georges Church, Gawler

RSL Information

Has him as C H Watson - should have been C S Watson

3 April 1919 - Transferred from Perth, WA

26 February 1920 - Transferred to Gawler Sub Branch

31 August 1923 - Transferred to State Branch

1 January 1928 - Transferred to Stirling Sub Branch