Alfred John WATSON

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Service Number:	716
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphetville
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom, 1888
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Scaffolder
Died:	Tuberculois, Bedford Park Sanitorium, South Australia, South Australia, Australia, 16 December 1917
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Road 5, Path 9, Site 14, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 716, Enlisted at Morphetville
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 716, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 716, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide

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Husband of Alice Watson of 13 Bartels Street off Gouger Street, Adelaide

27 September 1917 - returned to Australia for discharge with Tuberculosis of the Lung and Larynx

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

Also served for 6 years in the 4th Essex Regiment