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WATSON, William Harrington Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1198 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 November 1915, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 22 October 1862 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Illness, Fremantle, Western Australia, 14 December 1920, aged 58 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia CE AA 65 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Kelmscott-Armadale Parish Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1198, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, Perth, WA | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1198, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1198, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1198, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1198 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1920-12-14 |
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William was born on 22nd October, 1862 in Northcote, Victoria
His parents were John WATSON & Ann SHIRRAS who married in Aberdeen, Scotland on 27th October, 1853
He married Elizabeth Ann MUNDAY in 1884 in Victoria - after her death in 1890 he remarried on 31st December, 1895 in Bendigo to Hannah Elizabeth TUCK
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