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Military service
Service number:
400466
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Death:
August 11, 1918
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Andrew and Christina Watson, of 29, Bruckley St., Rosehearty, Fraserburgh, Scotland. Brother of Private William Watson who died on August 8, 1917 while serving with the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of JAMES MURRAY WATSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private James Murray Watson
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Private James Murray Watson
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Private James Murray Watson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 519 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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