WATSON, John Herbert
| Service Number: | Q14632 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1940, 16th Army Troops Coy RAE |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 June 1911 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1 March 1990, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, Q14632, 16th Army Troops Coy RAE | |
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| 15 Oct 1945: | Involvement Sapper, Q14632 | |
| 15 Oct 1945: | Enlisted | |
| 15 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, Q14632, 43 Australian DORE Works |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Jack (born John Herbert) was the second of six children of John Herbert Watson Snr (born in 1884 in Brisbane, QLD) and Mabel Maud Kent (born in 1887 in Brisbane, QLD). John Snr was a Carpenter in Brisbane, QLD
Jack married Bernice Ann Martin in 1932 in Brisbane, QLD, and lived in Ipswich, QLD where he worked as a Carpenter. He and Ann were living in Brisbane, QLD when he enlisted in the Australian Military Forces in 1940. Jack served as a Sapper (Service No: Q14632) with 16th Australian Army Troops Coy RAE, 1 Australian CE Works, and 43 Australian DORE Works.
Jack took his Discharge in 1945
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