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WATSON, Herbert Lindsay
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1980, 1980A |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Army Ordnance Corps AIF |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Teneriffe, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commission agent |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 May 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Camon Communal Cemetery Grave 11, Camon Communal Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1980, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1980, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1980, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 2 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1980A, Army Ordnance Corps AIF, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1980A awm_unit: Australian Army Ordnance Corps awm_rank: W01 awm_died_date: 1918-05-02 |
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Details of Death
On the 2nd May 1918 he and five others were sleeping in a schoolroom six miles behind the lines; when a long distance enemy shell penetrated their billet and killed them all. They were buried in a beautiful old French cemetery which is, and always will be, a recognised French civilian cemetery, at Camon, in the Somme Valley, about three miles east of the Amiens Cathedral.
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