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Lance Corporal MATTHEW JAMES WATSON

Service Number: 4326
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

1st Regt.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. C. 66.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew Collins Watson and Christina Frederica Watson (nee Schafer), of 7, Sprigg St., Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription FAR AWAY FROM HOME HE FELL LIKE A SOLDIER HE DIED AT HIS POST
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