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WATSON, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1791 |
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| 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 (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 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: '' | |
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| 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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