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Foster Henry WATKINSON

Regimental number3208
Place of birthMount Egerton Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCompositor's assistant
Address504 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alvina Watkinson, 504 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date23 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 23 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 26 September 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Date of death27 March 1975

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