William WATTERSON

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WATTERSON, William

Service Number:	1385
Enlisted:	19 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1385, 32nd Infantry Battalion
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1385, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1385, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

William went missing at Fromelles and no trace of him was found. He was declared killed in action by a court of enquiry held on 4 September 1917. William Watterson was 45 years of age when he died and he had been married to Isabelle Winifred for 10 years. He was born in Victoria but had been living in Western Australia for many years.

His younger brother, 3508 Pte. Stanley Watterson 6th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at the Battle of Broodseinde near Ypres, Belgium 4 October 1917, aged 36.

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