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Robert Morley WATSON

Regimental number14404
Place of birthSwansea, South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSoldier
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 9"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinMother, Louisa Watson, Cornwall, England
Previous military serviceServed for 19 months in Scottish Horse, South Africa; unit disbanded; previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of eyesight.
Enlistment date13 March 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st Anzac Mounted Division, 10th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT 'Port Sydney' on 9 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Mounted Division Train
FateReturned to Australia 10 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date17 September 1919
Other details

War service: embarked Sydney, 9 May 1917; disembarked Suez, 20 June 1917.

Commenced return to Australia from Kantara on board HT 'Oxfordshire', 10 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 17 august 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 17 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
Date of death29 May 1952
SourcesNAA: B2455, WATSON Robert Morley

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