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John WATSON

Regimental number1017
Place of birthWindsor, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressHealesville, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Richard J Watson, Healesville, Victoria
Enlistment date15 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Division Train
FateReturned to Australia 12 June 1919
Discharge date22 September 1919
Other details

War service: embarked from Melbourne, 3 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, 25 July 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 22 November 1916. On leave in Paris, 11 September 1917; rejoined unit, 21 September 1917. Admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance (scabies), 26 December 1917; rejoined unit, 5 January 1918.

Detached to 3rd Divisional Train, 12 October 1918. Admitted to hospital (varicose veins), 5 April 1919; transferred to England, 6 April 1919; discharged from hospital, 26 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Themistocles', 12 June 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 8 August 1919; discharged, 22 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death29 August 1968
Age at death71
Place of burialPleasant Creek Cemetery, Stawell, Victoria

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