Watson PUDSEY

Regimental number7128
Place of birthReighton England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWest Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 5.5"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs A.E. Pudsey, Nafferton, Yorkshire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 October 1916
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies Sept 1916 to Feb 1918 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
FateDied of disease 9 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block S, Plot II, Row L, Grave No. 5), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial		27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents; George and Jane PUDSEY; Wife: Annie PUDSEY, 'Coppergate', Nafferton, Yorks, England. Native of Reighton, Yorks, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 11 May 1917; disembarked Plymouth, 19 July 1917; marched into Parkhouse, 20 July 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 18 August 1917; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, 19 August 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 3 September 1917; taken on strength of 1st Anzac Entrenching Bn, in the field, 5 September 1917.

Attached to 2nd Tunnelling Company, 31 October 1917.

Taken on strength of 2nd Tunnelling Company, 30 November 1917.

On leave, 31 January 1918; rejoined unit, 17 February 1918.

Admitted to No 5 Casualty Clearing Station, 30 September 1918 (influenza); transferred to No 30 Ambulance Train, 2 October 1918; to No 11 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 3 October 1918 (influenza, dangerously ill).

Died, 9 October 1918.

Buried by Reverend C.A.B. PARIES, C.F., 9 October 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, PUDSEY Watson