William Henry WATSON

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WATSON, William Henry

Service Number:	6121
Enlisted:	24 August 1915, Enlisted Pert, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Karridale, Western Australia, 16 May 1898
Home Town:	Karridale, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6121, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted Pert, WA
7 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6121, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6121, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish

The West Australian (Perth: WA; 1879-1954) Thu 17 May 1917 Page 1

Family Notices

WATSON--On April 11, 1917, killed in action in France. Private William. H. Watson, 16th Battalion dearly beloved twin son of Mrs.L. Watson, late of Yallingup, via Busselton, brother of Mrs H.W. Jones, Mrs. H. McNally, Mrs. T. J. Matthews, Mrs. S Veal, Mrs. Lister Gilbert. Ernest C. and twin brother of Frank H (on active service, aged 18 years and 11 months. For humanity and his country he gave up his up his young life. Inserted by his sorrowing mother, sisters and brothers.

Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish

Son of Louisa Adelaide Watson of Caves House, Yallingup. WA

His service record states that he was sleeping in a dugout at a railway cutting towards Reinscourt but in front of the Hindenberg Line, when a shell burst buried him and 2 other men and they were killed

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