WATSON, Clarence Gordon
| Service Number: | 1441 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Casterton, Vic., 1886 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 23 May 1951, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1441, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1441, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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SCATTERED THE HUNS
For conspicuous bravery on the battle-field, No. 1441, Corporal C. G.
Watson, of the 29th Battalion, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Writing to his Mother Mrs J. Davies, 46 Murchison street, Carlton, Corporal Watson mentioned that there were about 25 of them In the "hop-over." He had charge of eight men in the lead, and despite that three men were wounded and one killed, they took the trench and held it against a vastly superior number of Huns, capturing 20 prisoners, killing many, and securing a machine gun.
Corporal Watson enlisted In July, 1915, and sailed in November of the same year. He was educated in Warrnambool. His younger and only brother, Driver R. W. Watson, enlisted In June, 1915, and embarked in September, 1915, with the 5th reinforcements of the 13th Light Horse, but for some time now has been a driver with the 2nd Divi
sional Ammunition Column.
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