WATSON, Arriness Herbert
| Service Number: | 742 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1915, Enlisted in Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 November 1868 |
| Home Town: | Crows Nest, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Hobart Primary School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Timber Getter |
| Died: | Influenza, 8th Stationary Hospital Wimereux, France, 25 December 1916, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot 11, Row B, Grave 13 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Crows Nest (Qld) War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 742, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 742, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 742, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 25 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Arriness was born as Aranus Herbert WATSON on 10th November, 1868 in Hobart Tasmania
His parents were Joseph William WATSON and Mary GANT who married on 23rd January, 1847 in Hobart, Tasmania
Arriness married Florence De ROCHE on 27th August, 1898 in Brisbane and had 9 known children
He enlisted in Toowoomba , Queensland on 30th October, 1915 and embarked from Sydney with the 42nd Infantry Battalion on the HMAT Borda on 5th June, 1916
He died from Influenza on Christmas Day, 25th December, 1916 at the 8th Stationary Hospital in Wimereux, France and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial - he was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
His son Alexander Norman WATSON (SN3454) 15th Battalion also served in WW1 and returned to Australia
Another son Alfred WATSON (SN92) 5th Light Horse was Killed in Action on 4th July, 1918
Another son Robert Stanley WATSON (Q129147) served in WW2 with the 17 APSC.
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