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Jack Wilson WATTERSON

Regimental number24
Place of birthEuroa, Victoria
SchoolSydney High School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDrover
AddressWyalong, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMrs S Watterson, Wyalong, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, Headquarters
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death23
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Stephen and Martha WATTERSON
Family/military connectionsBrother: 582 Sergeant Randal WATTERSON, 30th Bn, killed in action, 20 July 1916.
Other details

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

Miscellaneous detailsDetails of embarkation not recorded on Embarkation Roll.

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