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Archibald James WATT

Regimental number1121
Place of birthGulgong, New South Wales
SchoolGulgong Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressHome Hill, Lower Burdekin River, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Watt, Gulgong, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia, Mudros.
FateDied of disease 23 December 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death22
Place of burialEast Mudros Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave 155), Lemnos, Greece
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
3
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Gulgong Cemetery, New South Wales. Inscription reads: 'Died for their country'. Parents: Espie (d. 28 November 1907, aged 72; bu. Gulgong Cemetery) and Jane WATT (d. 27 May 1937, aged 90; bu. Gulgong Cemetery)
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 395 Pte Walter Thomas WATT, 7th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 30 September 1915; 3686 Pte Frederick John WATT, 18th Bn, killed in action, 3 May 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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