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Charles Emerson WATLING

Regimental number760
Place of birthLondon England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Harriet Watling c/o Harris, Knights Cottage, Bobbing near Sittingbourne Kent, England
Enlistment date5 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', fourth Supplement, No. 29664, 11 July 1916; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 176, 30 November 1916.

FateKilled in Action 4 September 1916
Place of burialCourcelette British Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156

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