Born 29 November 1890 in Hurlford, Ayrshire, Scotland [28]
Son of railway fireman James WATSON and Agnes STIRRAT [28]
He was born at 1:00 in the afternoon at 24 B Block of the Railway Buildings in Hurlford [28]
In 1911 he was working as a Farmhand and living with his parents at 39 Factory Street in Pollokshaws, Lanarkshire [20]
A year later, he was still living with his parents at 39 Factory Street but was working as an Iron Boring Machinest [28]
Married "Jeanie" Jane Smith HALBERT on 12 April 1912 at 102 Parson Street in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [28]
Departed Liverpool, England on the Zealandic and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8 November 1913 [70]
Clearer on Donald MACPHERSON's Yarra Yarra Farm in Carnamah, Western Australia 1914-1919 [19]
Later worked as a Joiner and resided on Albany Road in the Perth suburbs of Kenwick and Maddington [50]
Corporal W67951 in South Perth's Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Maddington [2] [16]
Died 7 July 1961; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, M, 170) [2]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Mathew Stirrat Watson' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/mathew-stirrat-watson [reference list] |
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