WATTS  F.H.

Given Names:  Frank Henderson

               

Service Number:  51503

Unit:  2nd General (Victorian) Reinforcements                                                                   

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  610649

 

Age:  21 Yrs   

Occupation:  Public Servant (Land Tax)                                                                           

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  112½ Lbs

Chest:  29-33 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  18/10/1917

Place: 

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Albert James Watts

66 College Parade, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  1/5/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Anchises

Embarked:  22/8/1919                               

Disembarked:  8/10/1919

Unit:  24th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Temp Corporal

Discharge Date:  30/10/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  73081

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:    

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  20/10/1896

Place:  Quorn, South Australia                 

Father:  Albert James WATTS                 

Mother:  Elizabeth CROLL

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1924     

Place:             

Spouse: Hilda Shirley SWYER

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 9/8/1960                            

Place: Jolimont, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

WW1 file amalgamated with WW2 file

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

Australian Natives Association

Chalmers Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX14691                                     

Date Enlisted:  6/5/1940                                          

Date Discharged:  11/7/1946

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary