Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Parkside, South Australia |
School | Plympton Primary School, Sturt Street Advanced School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Other training | School of Mines; University of Adelaide, South Australia |
Occupation | Railway draftsman |
Address | Bay Road, Plympton, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 156 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs S.H. Watson, Bay Road, Plympton, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the 25th Signal Company, Australian Engineers; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
Unit name | Divisional Signal Company 1 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22/11/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Division Engineers |
Promotions |
Major Unit: 2nd Division Signal Company Engineers Promotion date: |
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). Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919). Mention in Despatches Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918). |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Distinguished Service Order Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 Date: Military Cross Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 Date: Order of the White Eagle - 5th Class (with swords) (Serbia) Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 116 Date: |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915. Admitted to hospital, 4 July 1915; discharged from 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 12 July 1915; rejoined unit, 13 July 1915 (no further details recorded). Transferred to 3rd Signal Company, 2nd Division, 27 July 1915. Detached to Egypt for duty, 26 July 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 29 july 1915. Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 19 September 1915. Appointed Captain, 3 November 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 3 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 21 March 1916. Attached to 2nd Division Artillery Headquarters, 18 April 1916. In charge of leave party to England, 30 May 1916. Awarded White Eagle (5th Class) by King of Serbia 'in recognition of distinguished services rendered during the M.E.F. Campaign', 2 December 1916. Appointed to temporary command, 6 January 1917, and granted temporary rank of Major. Awarded Military Cross. Appointed Major, 6 January 1917. Mentioned in Despatches. On leave to England, 27 December 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 8 April 1918. Mentioned in Despatches. Commenced return to Australia from Taranto, Italy, on board HT 'Kasir-a-Hind', 24 September 1918; transshipped at Suez to HT 'Devon' and departed 13 October 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 23 December 1918, for onward travel to Adelaide; appointment terminated (discharged), 22 January 1919. Medals: Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Order of the White Eagle, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 97 |
Place of burial | Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WATSON Stanley Holm |