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William WATSON

Regimental number2478
Place of birth13 Bayswater Street, Kensington, Victoria
SchoolKensington State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDriver
Address267 Queensberry Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Watson, 267 Queensberry Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Donald Rangers
Enlistment date8 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1918
Place of death or woundingMontbrehain, France
Age at death28
Place of burialBellicourt British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row T, Grave 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William E and Margaret WATSON
Family/military connectionsBrother: George Godfery WATSON, killed in action 4 October 1917 at Ypres, Belgium

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