Ellis Roy (Smiler) WATTS

WATTS, Ellis Roy

Service Number: NX32277
Enlisted: 12 June 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ashford, New South Wales, Australia, 31 March 1921
Home Town: Ashford, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Illness, Borneo, 17 June 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
LABUAN WAR CEMETERY 21. B. 15. Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX32277
12 Jun 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX32277, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Gary Hockley

Son of Alexander Arthur William and Sarah May Watts, of Ashford, New South Wales.


Personal Inscription:

"SMILER" ALWAYS LOVED YOU AND YOUR MATES. SADLY MISSED