WATSON R.

Given Names:  Roy Bruce (Royal)

Service Number:  356

Unit:  6th Battalion, C Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  19 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Butcher                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11 In                   

Weight:  169 Lbs

Chest:  36 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Richmond

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Margaret Watson

27 High Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ballarat 

Embarked:  5/7/1915                                 

Disembarked:  6/8/1915

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  12/1/1916                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6286

British War Medal:  1987

Victory Medal:  1986

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1895

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Charles Doveton WATSON         

Mother:  Margaret BOGLE

MARRIAGE

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Place:             

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DEATH

Date or Year: 29/10/1917                        

Place: Wangaratta, Victoria                      

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Discharged with Rheumatism

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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