Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Richard Watson
A brief military biography of Richard Watson
Address: 31 Chusan Street, East St Kilda, Victoria.
Conflict: 1914-1918.
Embarkation Age: 36.
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915.
Embarkation Unit name: 8th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
Embarkation Roll number: 10/13/3.
Enlistment date: 26 July 1915.
Fate: Killed in Action 23 December 1916.
Marital status: Single.
Next of kin: Wife, Mrs Florence Watson, 31 Chusan Street, East St Kilda, Victoria.
Occupation: Sawmiller.
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 6.
Place of death or wounding: Magdhaba, Sinai Peninsular, Egypt.
Place of burial: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave 12), Egypt.
Rank at death: Trooper [Tpr].
Rank on enlistment: Private.
Regimental number: 1630.
Religion: Church of England.
Unit from Nominal Roll: 8th Light Horse Regiment.
War Grave Register notes: 1630 Trooper Richard WATSON, 8th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 23rd December 1916. Age 36. Son of Phillip and Isabel Watson; of 32, Moama Road., Malvern, Victoria, Australia. Native of Ararat, Victoria. F. 12.
Lest we forget
Sources Used:
National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Roll of Honour, AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
CWGC files, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Magdhaba, Sinai, December 23, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Richard Watson
