Milton John Thompson WATSON

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WATSON, Milton John Thompson

Service Number:	N205628
Enlisted:	30 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Homebush, Sydney New, South Wales, Australia , 25 September 1921
Home Town:	Homebush Bay, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Injuries, Western Australia, 15 March 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Plot N. Row B. Gravesite 15., Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moora Australia Remembers 4th Infantry Battalion Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, N205628
30 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N205628, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Milton John Thompson WATSON (1921-1943)

Milton Watson had enlisted into the Militia's 4th Infantry Battalion, originally a NSW-based unit. See Unit history HERE (/explore/units/999)

He was one of fourteen soldiers of the 4th Infantry Battalion killed on 15th March 1943 near the Battalion camp outside of Moora.They were killed when a mortar bomb, being closely examined by the group, exploded, killing all of them.

The funeral took place at Moora Cemetery on 16th March, 1943. The bodies were transferred to Karrakatta Cemetery after the cessation of the war.

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