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WATKINSON, Robert Samuel

Service Numbers:	3797, 3797A
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warwick, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Gommecourt British Cemetery No 2, Gommecourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Warwick War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3797, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3797, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
5 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 3797A, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3797A awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05

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