William Dunbar WATSON

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Service Number:	730
Enlisted:	15 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Morwell, Victoria, 1888
Home Town:	Yannathan, Cardinia, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Died of Illness (pleurisy), Camiers, France, 5 March 1917
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XX1, Row M, Grave 5A - Headstone reads: Our dear son & brother fondly and proudly remembered, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lang Lang & District Great War Honor Roll, Yannathan Roll of Honor

15 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 730, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 730, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 730, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
7 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company, Transferred from the 24th Machine Gun Battalion to the6 Machine Gun Battalion
5 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 730, 6th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 730 awm_unit: 6th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-05

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Son of Charles and Grace H. Watson of Yannathan, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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