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Auction 120 2-4 Apr 2019
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BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-18. 2372 Pte H.C.Watson 3LHR. A.I.F. Impressed. Toned, very fine.
Herbert Charles Watson, labourer, age 28, born at Port Adelaide, Sth Aust; Enl.27Jul1915 at Keswick, Sth Aust; Emb.29Apr1916; to hospital in Egypt with VD 11Aug1916; returned to duty 22Sep1916; WIA 09Jan1917 GSW head and right foot, El Arish with Anzac Mounted Div; Invalided to Australia 08Mar1917; arrived at Adelaide on 04May1917 to a 'Heroes' welcome along with other invalided home Light Horsemen as well as some officers and soldiers from other units; Disch.06Jun1917 Medically Unfit; Died at hospital 12Jun1949 at the age of 59 and his remains were interred in the A.I.F. Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide.
Herbert Charles Watson, labourer, age 28, born at Port Adelaide, Sth Aust; Enl.27Jul1915 at Keswick, Sth Aust; Emb.29Apr1916; to hospital in Egypt with VD 11Aug1916; returned to duty 22Sep1916; WIA 09Jan1917 GSW head and right foot, El Arish with Anzac Mounted Div; Invalided to Australia 08Mar1917; arrived at Adelaide on 04May1917 to a 'Heroes' welcome along with other invalided home Light Horsemen as well as some officers and soldiers from other units; Disch.06Jun1917 Medically Unfit; Died at hospital 12Jun1949 at the age of 59 and his remains were interred in the A.I.F. Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide.