John Arkell WATSON

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Service Number:	5858
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Tunnelling Companies
Born:	Middleton, South Australia, 16 March 1884
Home Town:	Victor Harbor, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Strathalbyn, South Australia, 7 July 1958, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Strathalbyn Cemetery, S.A. 9 July 1958 - Buried in Strathalbyn Cemetery Division 2, Grave 336. Burial Order number 4196 Pastor Philp officiated
Memorials:	Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Victor Harbor Congregational Church Roll of Honor, Victor Harbor WW1 Roll of Honour

25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5858, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5858, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Birth Registed as John Arkel Watson, Book/Page: 323/438

4 July 1919 - Returned to Australia

21 September 1911 - Married Olive Rose Gray in the Methodist Church, Inmand Valley

RSL Information

17 September 1919 - Joined State Branch

27 May 1920 - Transferred to Victor Harbor Sub Branch

30 September 1939 - Transferred to Strathalbyn Sub Branch

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