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James WATSON

Regimental number5696
Place of birthMount Gambier South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStockman
AddressCloncurry PO, Cloncurry, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFriend, Thomas Cookson, Blackwarry, South Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date5 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 August 1918
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row P, Grave 22), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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