Watson, Alfred Edward

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Known as Andy

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Dent. IIl : Lieutenant, 34th Battn. and A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting with 9th Australian Field Ambulance in August, 1915, served in France until selected for Officers Training School at Trinity College, Cambridge, in February, 1917. Returning to France as second-lieutenant in 34th Battn. at Ypres in August, fought until wounded when leading an attack near Passchendaele 12th October, 1917. Died of Wounds, in hospital, 13th October, 1917, and was buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe. Early education at Kempsey Superior Public School and Newington College. Sincere, honourable and public spirited, he was greatly beloved . . . He has left behind the memory of a gallant career and a noble sacrifice.

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1893

Birth in Kempsey -- NSW, Australia 25 June 1893
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Early education at Kempsey Public School, Kempsey, NSW, Australia
1909

Early education at Newington College, Stanmore, NSW, Australia 1909
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 1 Aug 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1917

Watson A.E. : Death 13 Oct 1917 Wounds

Gender

Male

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Portrait of Alfred Edward WATSON from The Newingtonian [ jpeg ]

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