Studio portrait of 2835 Private (Pte) William Martin Watson, 21st Australian Infantry Battalion. ...

Accession Number AWM2019.828.1
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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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.