Accession Number | AWM2019.828.1 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Date made | 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 2835 Private (Pte) William Martin Watson, 21st Australian Infantry Battalion. ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2835 Private (Pte) William Martin Watson, 21st Australian Infantry Battalion. A plumber prior to enlisting on 13 May 1915, he embarked from Melbourne aboard RMS Moldavia on 5 October 1915. Pte Watson was killed in action near Montbrehain, France, on 5 October 1918. He was 21 years old.