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Alexander WATSON

Regimental number2822
Place of birthFootscray Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationIronmoulder
AddressEleanor Street, Footscray, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs L Watson, Eleanor Street, Footscray, Victoria
Enlistment date20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row B, Grave 1), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Alice WATSON.

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