William Walker Russell WATSON CB, CMG, MiD

WATSON, William Walker Russell

    Service Numbers: Commissioned Officer, Commissioned Officer - no Svc No.
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914
    Last Rank: Colonel
    Last Unit: Headquarters 17th Brigade
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, 19 May 1875
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Sydney High School
    Occupation: Gentleman
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Captain, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles

    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Commissioned Officer
    18 Aug 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Commissioned Officer, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea, Appointed to command AN&ME from Sep 1914 to January 1915
    10 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Commissioned Officer, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Commissioned Officer - no Svc No., 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    5 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel, Commissioned Officer, Headquarters Staff, Commanded AIF Infantry Training Depot UK
    19 Jul 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel, Commissioned Officer, Headquarters 17th Brigade, Formed in the UK on Salisbury Plain. Disbanded Sep 1917
    20 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Colonel, Commissioned Officer

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    Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

    Residential address on enlistment "Gattoma"  Elizabeth Bay Sydney New South Wales.

    Employment - "Independent" C/- S Hordern and Son Ltd., Brickfield Hill, Sydney, New South Wales

    NoK - Mrs Minnie Sarah Russell Watson

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