| Service number | 902, 4377, NX144850, N60235 |
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| Ranks Held | Gunner, Lieutenant, Private, Sergeant, Temporary Major |
| Birth Date | 1892-11-10 |
| Birth Place | New Zealand: South Island, Nelson |
| Death Date | 1961-09-09 |
| Death Place | United States of America: New York |
| Final Rank | Lieutenant |
| Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995 Published in London Gazette in 1919-10-04 Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-09 Published in London Gazette in 1919-02-01 Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-04 Published in London Gazette in 1943-01-07 Published in London Gazette in 1919-03-08 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-17 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-11-08 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1942-12-17 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-01-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-03 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04 |
Lieutenant William Thornton Watson
Collection items
Media
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 2nd Australian Field Artillery Battery
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Sergeant
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 6th Australian Field Artillery Battery
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 6th Australian Field Artillery Battery
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- London Gazette
- 04 October 1919 on page 12264 at position 7
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 17 June 1919 on page 1010 at position 42
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- London Gazette
- 01 February 1919 on page 1739 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 03 June 1919 on page 951 at position 11
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 6th Australian Field Artillery Battery
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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First World War Nominal Roll:
- Unit
- 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Papuan Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Temporary Major
- London Gazette
- 07 January 1943 on page 209 at position 2
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 17 December 1942 on page 2877 at position 2
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Gunner
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Sergeant
- London Gazette
- 09 July 1917 on page 6822 at position 12
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 08 November 1917 on page 2936 at position 6
Timeline
| Date of birth | 10 November 1892 | |
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| Date of embarkation | 19 August 1914 | |
| Date of enlistment | 19 March 1915 | |
| Date of embarkation | 26 June 1915 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 07 March 1917 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 06 October 1918 | |
| Date returned to Australia | 15 May 1919 | |
| Date of death | 09 September 1961 |