WATSON E.L.

Given Names:  Eric Leslie

Service Number:  2285

Unit:  60th Battalion                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  90725

Age:  22 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Butcher                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  150 Lbs

Chest:  33-37 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/5/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Watson

16 Princess Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  1/8/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orsova A67

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ascanius

Embarked:  23/9/1919                               

Disembarked:  6/11/1919

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  21/12/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  55913

Victory Medal:  54589

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1893

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Charles Doveton WATSON         

Mother:  Margaret BOGLE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Gertrude BLACKMORE

DEATH

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Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non military employment 30/5/1919 to 30/8/1919

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Town Hall

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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