Regimental number | 1442 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Gray's Essex, England |
School | Higher Grade, Boulevar, Hull, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 21 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Cook |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs S J Watson, 21 Warwick Street, Hedon Road, Yorkshire, England |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Battalion |
Promotions |
2nd Lieutenant Unit: 4th Battalion Promotion date: |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Flers, France |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Guards Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 5), Lesboeufs, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 42 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Sarah Jane WATSON (formerly TURNBULL), 21 Warwick Street, Hull, and the late Robert Walter TURNBULL. Native of Grays, Esses |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Appointed Lance Corporal, 17 March 1916; Temporarg Corporal, 21 April 1916; commissioned, 5 Auyust 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |