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WATSON, William Walker Russell
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Commissioned Officer, Commissioned Officer - no Svc No. |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Colonel |
Last Unit: | Headquarters 17th Brigade |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 19 May 1875 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney High School |
Occupation: | Gentleman |
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Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
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World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Commissioned Officer | |
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18 Aug 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Commissioned Officer, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea, Appointed to command AN&ME from Sep 1914 to January 1915 | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Commissioned Officer, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Commissioned Officer - no Svc No., 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel, Commissioned Officer, Headquarters Staff, Commanded AIF Infantry Training Depot UK | |
19 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel, Commissioned Officer, Headquarters 17th Brigade, Formed in the UK on Salisbury Plain. Disbanded Sep 1917 | |
20 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Colonel, Commissioned Officer |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Residential address on enlistment "Gattoma" Elizabeth Bay Sydney New South Wales.
Employment - "Independent" C/- S Hordern and Son Ltd., Brickfield Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
NoK - Mrs Minnie Sarah Russell Watson