Eric Stanley WATSON

WATSON, Eric Stanley

Service Number: 704
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
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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