Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Holm Watson

Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 1887-10-24
Birth Place Australia: South Australia, Adelaide, Parkside
Death Date 1985-05-05
Death Place Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • Division Signal Company
  • 1st Australian Divisional Engineers
  • 2nd Australian Division Signals Company
  • Australian Engineers
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1916-07-13
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-02-15
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-11-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-07-25

Collection items

    Document


    Wallet 1 of 1 - Prayer book relating to an unknown Turkish soldier who served at Gallipoli, 1915

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Division Signal Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13565 at position 64
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 842 at position 176

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    1st Australian Divisional Engineers
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15226 at position 82
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 881 at position 51

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Division Signal Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Engineers
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    13 July 1916 on page 6954 at position 29
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 November 1916 on page 3233 at position 54

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 January 1917 on page 44 at position 83
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1390 at position 69

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    15 February 1917 on page 1608 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    25 July 1917 on page 1543 at position 6

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 January 1919 on page 22 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 888 at position 46

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division Signals Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

Timeline

Date of birth 24 October 1887
Date of enlistment 19 August 1914
Date of embarkation 20 October 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 24 September 1918
Date returned to Australia 24 September 1918
Date of death 05 May 1985

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