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Arthur Henry WATKINSON

Regimental number1661
Place of birthLaunceston Tasmania
ReligionArmy.
OccupationSaddler
Address40 Abbott Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Janet Watkinson, 40 Abbott Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date31 December 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row L, Grave 5), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Mary J WATKINSON.

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