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Private WILLIAM GEORGE WATSON

Service Number: 1932
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

42nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. A. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Rachel Watson, of 13, Stanley St., Queen's Rd. Battersea, London.
  • Personal Inscription FAREWELL TO OUR DEAR SON & BROTHER SWEET THOUGHTS OF YOU WE'LL KEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 253
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