Regimental number | 3500 |
Place of birth | Tyrell Downs, Victoria |
School | Northcote State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Bookbinder |
Address | 32 Bastings Street, Northcote, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 131 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, C H Watt, 32 Bastings Street, Northcote, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fromelles, France |
Age at death | 22 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles Harbord and Mary Sophia WATT |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 7th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, and taken on strength, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Statement, Red Cross File No 2871202, 2884 Sergeant H.G. PRICE, 58th Bn, 12 May 1919: 'Watt went over with the Btn. at Fleur Baix (sic) on 19th July 16. The Btn. went over in the afternoon and suffered a great many casualties. We did not take the ground and at Roll Call Watt was Missing (sic). The ground was not taken at that time. So far as I know he was left in German Territory.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WATT Allan
Red Cross file 2871202 |