Thomas Cecil Wells WATSON

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WATSON, Thomas Cecil Wells

Service Number:	2120
Enlisted:	31 January 1916, Enlisted in Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Wellington, New South Wales, 1895
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Memorials:	New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)

World War 1 Service

31 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2120, Enlisted in Sydney
16 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2120, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: ''
16 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2120, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Malakuta, Sydney
17 Sep 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2120, Served in Plaestine 1916-1919

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

18 July 1920 - Returned to Australia on board Kigoma

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

14 June 1962 - Wrote to Base Reocrds requesting a copy of his Discharge Paper so the he could apply for a Service Pension

RSL Information

2 July 1962 - Joined Hayhurst Sub Branch from NSW; address waas Flat 2 Derwwnet Court, Warwick Avenue, Grassmere

19 June 1963 - Transferred to Gosford Sub Branch, NSW; last known address was Foresters Beach, NSW

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