WATSON, Edward
| Service Number: | 1590 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Monifieth, Angus, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial at Panel 60., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 1590, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 1590, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Private Alexander Webster, Service Number 4432 of the 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry who fell in France 31.08.1916 was also born in Monifieth.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Date of enlistment: 13.04.1915
Place of enlistment: Liverpool, NSW
Monifieth is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast.
He was 30 and the son of William Watson and Jane Storrar Watson of 15 Hill St, Dundee.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.