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WATTERSON, Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3508 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Camp Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3508, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3508, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3508, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3508, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3508, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3508, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Lagnicourt | |
| 4 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3508, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 20 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3508, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3508, 6th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Brother: 1385 Pte William WATTERSON, 32nd Bn, killed in action, 20 July 1916.
Biography contributed by John Edwards
Born Edward Thomas Watterson - enlisted as "Stanley"
Son of John Watterson and Margaret Jane (Fargher) Watterson of Bendigo, Victoria
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