Victor Edwin WATTS

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WATTS, Victor Edwin

Service Number:	7453
Enlisted:	8 September 1915, National Park, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 26 September 1896
Home Town:	Centennial Park, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street High School, Sydney
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 September 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Menin Road South Military Cemetery Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

8 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7453, National Park, New South Wales
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 7453, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 7453, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney
29 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 7453, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7453 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-29
Date unknown:	Involvement Corporal, 7453, Royal Australian Engineers

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...6453 Corporal Victor Edwin Watts, 2nd Signal Company Headquarters from Centennial Park, NSW. A 19 year old warehouseman prior to enlisting on 8 September 1915, he embarked for overseas as a Bombardier with the 14th Battery, 5th Field Artillery Brigade from Sydney on 18 November 1915 aboard HMAT Persic. He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium on 29 September 1917 and is buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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