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Albert Francis WATSON

Regimental number2225
Date of birth5 March 1889
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressPearson Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lucille Daisy Watson, Pearson Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Enlistment date5 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/9/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 9 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 28 March 1919
Discharge date28 March 1919
Other detailsSon of Benjamin Sherwood Watson and Minnie Fusch. Married Lucille Daisy McDonald on 25 June 1912 at the Methodist Parsonage in Bairnsdale, Victoria. They had six children, three boys and three girls.
Date of death10 January 1988
Place of burialSpringdale Crematorium

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