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William Dunbar WATSON

Regimental number730
Place of birthMorwell Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressYannathan, Gippsland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMrs Chas Wilson, Yannathan, Gippsland
Enlistment date23 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of disease 5 March 1917
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row M, Grave 5a), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Grace H WATSON.

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