WATT, Archibald James
| Service Number: | 1121 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 February 1915, Enoggera, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, 22 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Home Hill, Burdekin, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Gulgong Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cane farmer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Murdros, Greece, 23 December 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery III. E. 155., East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ayr Great War Honour Roll, Ayr War Memorial, Gulgong Public School Honour Roll, Gulgong RSL "Watt Brothers" Pictorial Memorial, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor, Home Hill Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1121, Enoggera, Queensland | |
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| 20 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1121, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1121, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 23 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1121, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1121 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-12-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
“Three Sons Lost. MRS. E. WATT'S LOSS.
Mrs. E. Watt, of Mayne-street, Gulgong, has received official advice that her son, Private Frederick John Watt, was killed in action in France in May of last year. The fallen soldier was previously reported missing. The Watt family has made almost as great a sacrifice as any family in the State. Three sons enlisted to take part in the Empire's battles, and to-day all of them are sleeping the eternal sleep underneath the sod of foreign lands. Walter Thomas Watt gave up his life for his country on Gallipoli, and Archibald Watt died on boardship the night after the evacuation. The record is a wonderful one. Though the mother has suffered an irreparable loss, she is consoled by the thought that her boys have died brave men, giving their lives to the greatest cause in the world.” – from the Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative 31 Jan 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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