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Arthur George WATTS

Regimental number3050
Place of birthTamworth, New South Wales
SchoolMoor Creek Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingA six week course for farmers at Hawkesbury Agricultural College.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Address'Keepit', via Manilla, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Watts, 'Keepit', via Manilla, New South Wales
Enlistment date8 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2050
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1918
Place of death or wounding750 yds NW of Foucaucourt-Amiens/Peronne Rd France
Age at death27
Place of burialAssevillers New British Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Josiah and Alice WATTS.
Family/military connectionsStep-brother, Sergeant W R FISHER, 1st Battalion, who was awarded the Military Medal 23 August 1918 at Proyart and who Returned to Australia in August 1919 per SS 'Boorara'.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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