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Walter Thomas WATT

Regimental number395
Place of birthGulgong, New South Wales
SchoolGulgong Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mrs E Watt, Main Street, Gulgong, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 9"
Weight165 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Watt, c/o Mrs E Watt, Main Street, Gulgong, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/17/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 13 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death26
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave 7), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
6
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Gulgong Cemetery, New South Wales. Inscription reads: 'Died for their country'. Parents: Espie (d. 28 November 1907, aged 72; bu. Gulgong Cemetery) and Jane WATT (d. 27 May 1937, aged 90; bu. Gulgong Cemetery)
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3686 Pte Frederick John WATT, 18th Bn, killed in action, 3 May 1917; 1121 Pte Archibald James WATT, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, deceased, 23 December 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSecond given name entered on Embarkation Roll as Norman.

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