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Military service
Service number:
1006264
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
228th Bn.
Birth:
July 30, 1877
Death:
September 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
South 182. Block D.
Additional information
Son of the late James Watson and of Eliza Watson, of 56, Colney Rd., Dartford, Kent, England.
Digital gallery of Private Arthur William Watson
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Grave marker
Private Arthur W. Watson's grave marker in the Barrie Union Cemetery, 338 Sunnidale Road, Barrie, Ontario. Private Watson, serving in the 228th Battalion (Northern Fusiliers), died of pneumonia at Camp Borden. A personal message near the bottom of the stone reads: THOUGH FAR FROM HOME NEVER FORGOTTEN. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.) -
Newspaper Clipping
This is an excerpt from an article ("Military Funerals") that appeared in the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 8, on September 21, 1916.
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Private Arthur William Watson
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Watson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 179 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARRIE UNION CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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