Alfred Edward WATSON

WATSON, Alfred Edward

    Service Numbers: 12085, Commissioned
    Enlisted: 29 October 1915, Place of enlistment - Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 34th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Dental Student at University
    Died: Died of wounds received in action, Poperinghe, Belgium, 13 October 1917
    Cemetery: Nine Elms British Cemetery
    Plot IV, Row F, Grave 4 Headstone Inscription "HE DIED GLORIOUSLY FOR GOD KING AND COUNTRY A FRAGRANCE MEMORY"
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12085, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Place of enlistment - Liverpool, New South Wales
    1 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Dental Details: AIF
    1 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Field Ambulance
    5 Jul 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 12085, 9th Field Ambulance, Embarked on HMAT 'A31' Ajana from Sydney on 5th July 1916, disembarking Plymouth, England 1st September 1916
    23 Nov 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 12085, Proceeded overseas to France from Southampton on 23rd November 1916.
    30 Jun 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 9th Field Ambulance, Had joined No. 5 Officers Cadet Battalion, Cambridge on 5th March 1917.
    25 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion
    11 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned, 34th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to head, died of wounds on 13th October 1917.

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Born Kempsey, New South Wales. Son of Edward Arthur and Ida Margaret WATSON, of "Derfla", Blackwood Avenue, Waverley, New South Wales.

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