S80391
WATSON, Frederick George
| Service Number: | 3954 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3954, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3954, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 3954, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Fredrick was born in London and moved to Australia. When he enlisted he was living in North Adelaide, was 26 years and worked as a Labourer. He was five feet seven inches and weighed fifty-eight kilograms. He had a complexion of “fresh” and had brown hair and blue eyes. On the enlistment papers, it stated that he followed the Presbyterian religion
Initially his nominated next of kin was his sister Maggie Watson as her address was not known he ended up nominating a friend Miss E Stephens who lived at 226 Gouger Street, Adelaide, South Australia.
Fredrick was enlisted to join the army on the 9th of August 1915. Fredrick George joined the 10th Battalion and embarked on a ship called the MRS “Malwa” 2nd December 1915. He joined the BEF in Alexandria for more training before being transported to France arriving in Marseilles 4th April 1916. He was promoted to Acting Corporal in June 1917 and Corporal in January 1918. In his service record it states that he went on leave to the UK on 2nd of March 1918 to 23rd of March. In January 1919 Watson ws promoted to Temporary Sergeant
Frederick George Watson returned to Australia on the 21st of March in 1919 on a boat called the “Kildonian Castle”.
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