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Louis WATT

Regimental number3662
Place of birthMorrisons Diggings
SchoolNational School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStriker
AddressCanterbury Terrace, Midland Junction, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation45
Next of kinBrother, John Watt, Essendon, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 November 1917
Place of death or woundingEngland
Age at death40
Place of burialFovant Churchyard (Plot II, Row C, Grave 1), Wiltshire, England.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
114
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret WATT.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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