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WATTS, Bertram Alexander Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 99, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 15 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5 March 1880 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 10 April 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Hill Cemetery Grave II.B. 3. |
| Memorials: | Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 99, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Embarked from Port Melbourne on SS "Victorian". Disembarked at Beira in Portugueses Mozambique on 23 May 1900. Entrained to Rhodesia. | |
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| 23 May 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 99, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman | |
| 11 Jul 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant Major , 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman | |
| 22 Jun 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, Officer | |
| 22 Jun 1901: | Transferred Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Battle of Onverwacht | |
| 3 Apr 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, Officer, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, R.T.A. |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Unspecified British Units | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Supplement to the London Gazette 3 June 1916 page 5570. | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 4th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 10 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 4th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Lieutenant Colonel |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 37 and the son of Bertram M. and Sarah C. Watts.
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