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Cyril Austin WATSON

Regimental number1743
Place of birthBendigo Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAuctioneer
AddressYuriga, Wattle Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Harriet Watson, 179 Wattle Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Enlistment date10 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name60th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/77/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 February 1917
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row F, Grave 2), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
130
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Harriet Dawson WATSON.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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