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Herbert Bryce WATSON

Regimental number1916
Place of birthBroken Hill, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationElectrician
AddressNorwood, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 1.5"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Edith Emily Watson, Arrah Park, via Temora, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for military service due to height and chest measurements)
Enlistment date16 May 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name43rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 23 October 1918
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave 17), Surrey, England.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
137
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and Edith Emily WATSON.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 12 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 30 September 1916, and marched into 11th Training Bn the same day.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 October 1916.

Proceeded to unit, 11 November 1916; taken on strength of 43rd Bn, in the field, 12 November 1916.

Admitted to No 9 Field Ambulance, 1 April 1917 (influenza); discharged, 3 April 1917, and rejoined unit the same day.

Admitted to No 9 Field Ambulance, 22 July 1917 (pyrexia); transferred to Divisional Rest Station, 24 July 1917; to Rest Camp, 29 July 1917; rejoined unit, 1 August 1917.

Wounded in action, 10 October 1917; admitted to No 11 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 11 October 1917 (gunshot wound, left leg); transferred to No 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 11 October 1917; to No 33 Ambulance Train, 12 October 1917; to No 22 General Hospital, Camiers, 12 October 1917; to England, 21 October 1917; to Central Hospital, Chatham, 22 October 1917; discharged to furlough, 27 November 1917; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 12 December 1917.

Marched in Overseas Training Bde, Longbridge Deverill, 20 December 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 10 January 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Rouelles, 11 January 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 13 January 1918; rejoined 43rd Bn, 16 January 1918.

Wounded in action (2nd occasion), 26 May 1918, and admitted to No 49 Casualty Clearing Station the same day (gassed); discharged, 4 June 1918; rejoined unit, 5 June 1918.

Wounded in action, 26 August 1918 (3rd occasion), 26 August 1918; admitted to No 55 Field Ambulance, 26 August 1918, and transferred to Casualty Clearing Station the same day (gunshot wound, left arm); to No 5 General Hospital, 28 August 1918; to England, 31 August 1918; to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, 1 September 1918; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 16 October 1918.

Died, No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, 23 October 1918 (asthma, and pneumonia).

Buried, Brookwood Cemetery, 26 October 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WATSON Herbert Bryce

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