William WATSON

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Service Number:	1791
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, 15 April 1891
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Footscray primary
Occupation:	Quarryman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

29 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1791, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1791, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 1791, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1791 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11

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