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WATSON, Eric Stanley
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 704 |
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Enlisted: | 7 December 1914, Enlisted at Lismore,NSW |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Belmore, Canterbury, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Baker |
Died: | Died of wounds - head, At sea on board HS Sicilia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain Gimlette officiated Panel 4, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Name registered as Erick Stanley Watson ref: 18529
Son of George Watson and Emma A. Watson of Belmore Bakery, Moonee Street, Sydney, NSW. Brother of George Watson
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He was a member of the Tramway Rifle Club