Thomas John WATSON

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Service Number:	WX7307
Enlisted:	6 August 1940
Last Rank:	Signalman
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Independent Company
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 7 December 1914
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer Assistant
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

6 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7307
1 Jul 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signalman, WX7307, 2nd/1st Independent Company, Killed in Action - the sinking of the Montevideo Maru

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