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Military service
Service number:
400077
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
February 8, 1884
Middlesex County, England
Enlistment:
January 18, 1915
Chatham, Ontario
Death:
September 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. R. 40.
Additional information
Son of Mr. J. Watson; husband of Annie Watson, of Oshawa, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Private Frederick John Watson
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Grave marker
Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England -
Newspaper clipping
Newsclipping, undated but most likely from Chatham circa 1916 relating the a church service in honour of Private Watson. Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press Jan. 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick John Watson
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick John Watson
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick John Watson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 179 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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