WATT, Andrew
| Service Number: | 65849 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ironworker |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1958, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-25. 44. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 65849, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) | |
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| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 65849, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Embarked Private, 65849, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Bakara, Sydney | |
| 1 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 65849, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Digger of The Great War resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
64 years ago today, on the 7th July 1958, Private Andrew Watt, 3rd Battalion (Reg No-65849), ironworker from Darlinghurst, New South Wales and Newcastle? N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 72. METHODIST 4-25. 44.
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales on the 14th January 1886 to George Robert and Barbara Watt; husband of Elizabeth Watt nee Haynes (married 1909, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1965, sleeping here), Andrew enlisted May 1918 with the 16th New South Wales Reinforcements at East Sydney, N.S.W.
Admitted ship's hospital 21.10.1918 (influenza).
Andrew returned home February 1920, being discharged on the 1st March 1920.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Did not receive Victory Medal.
I have not located Mr. Watt’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Many thanks to Shayne Cunningham for the notification.
I located Andrew resting in an unmarked grave, so November 2021 I placed a cross adorned with poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to restore Honour and Dignity to Andrew.
Lest We Forget.
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