WATTS, George Gordon
| Service Number: | 225 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, 15 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Keswick Prospect Highbury Street Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honour, Keswick Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Board WW1, Norwood War Memorial, Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board, Riverton Methodist Church Honour Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Sergeant, 225, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 225, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 225, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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"...Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) George Gordon Watts, No 6 Officer Cadet Battalion, Oxford, England. A clerk from Prospect, South Australia, prior to enlistment in the 32nd Battalion, he embarked as the Orderly Room Sergeant of A Company from Adelaide on 18 November 1915 aboard HMAT Geelong for Suez. On 30 January 1916He reverted to the rank of Corporal at his own request but was appointed Lance Sergeant (L Sgt) four months later. The battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916. L Sgt Watts was promoted to Sergeant (Sgt) on 3 September 1916. In November 1916 he was transferred to No 6 Officer Cadet Battalion, Oxford, England from where he graduated as Second Lieutenant at the beginning of March 1917. On returning to France he was transferred to the 28th Battalion near Bapaume and then attended five weeks instruction on sniping and musketry. 2nd Lt Watts was killed in action at Polygon Wood, Belgium, on 20 September 1917. He was aged 25 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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