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Reginald WATTS

Regimental number336
Place of birthTamworth, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 7.75"
Weight166 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Watts, Corella School, Wonga Creek via Manilla, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 September 1914
Place of enlistmentRosehill, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 October 1915
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Discharge date27 April 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Suevic', 8 October 1915; disembarked, Sydney, 20 November 1915; discharged (medically unfit: gun shot wound, right forearm), Sydney, 27 April 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death7 May 1938
Age at death51
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, WATTS Reginald

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