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Private JOHN ALEXANDER DOW WATSON

Service Number: 7068
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY

III. E. 676.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jane Watson, of Kirktown, Oyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Native of Drumblade, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS COURSE OF LIFE IS NOBLY RUN HIS BATTLE FOUGHT AND VICTORY WON
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Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 839
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