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Oct 5, 1891
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Born at Colinton Alberta Canada
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Jun 20, 1917
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Attested into the 4th Divisional
Signal Company, Canadian Engineers at Toronto Ontario
Ø Number 2265933
Ø Next of kin given as Thomas Watson (father) of Colinton Alberta Canada
Ø Previous occupation given as Farmer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
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Nov 24, 1917
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Embarked the SS Megantic at Halifax Nova
Scotia
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Dec 7, 1917
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Disembarked at Liverpool England
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Dec 8, 1917
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TOS (Taken On Strength) the CETD (Canadian
Engineers Training Depot) at Seaford
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Dec 19, 1917
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TOS the 7th Reserve Battalion at
Seaford
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Jan 13, 1918
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Admitted to No 14 Canadian General Hospital at
Eastbourne with measles and placed in isolation
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Feb 4, 1918
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Transferred to Military Convalescent Hospital
at Epsom
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Feb 15, 1918
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TOS 6th Reserve Battalion at
Seaford
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Feb 18, 1918
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Discharged from hospital to duty with 6th
Reserve Battalion
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Apr 12, 1918
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Will made out dividing his estate equally
amongst Mr Thomas Watson, Mrs Catharine R Watson, Mr H Bertram Watson, Miss Cecilia B
Watson, Miss Helen E Watson and Mr William S Watson, all of Colinton Alberta Canada
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May 10, 1918
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Proceeded to France with a draft for the PPCLI
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May 11, 1918
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Arrived at 3rd CBD (Canadian Base
Depot) and TOS the PPCLI
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May 23, 1918
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Arrived at the CCRC (Canadian Corps
Reinforcement Camp)
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Jun 5, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Jun 6, 1918
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TOS 21st Battalion
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Jun 8, 1918
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Joined the 21st Battalion in the
field
The following is
from the 21st Battalion War Diary:
“A
draft of twenty Other Ranks arrived from the 3rd Divisional Wing, CCRC. These Other Ranks had been despatched from England
as reinforcements for Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.”
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Aug 28, 1918
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Admitted to 8 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance)
with shrapnel wounds to face and left hand, then transferred to No 42 CCS (Casualty
Clearing Station)
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Aug 29, 1918
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Transferred to No 12 Stationary Hospital then
transferred to No 23 “AT” (Ambulance Transport)
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Aug 30, 1918
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Transferred to No 22 General Hospital Camiers
France
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Sep 7, 1918
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Transferred to No 6 Convalescent Depot at
Etaples France
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Sep 9, 1918
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Transferred to No 10 Convalescent Depot at
Ecault
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Sep 15, 1918
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Transferred to No 5 Rest Camp
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Sep 17, 1918
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Arrived at CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot)
and posted to “A” Company for convalescing wounded
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Sep 25, 1918
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Arrived at CCRC
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Sep 26, 1918
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Rejoined 21st Battalion from
hospital
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Oct 11, 1918
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Killed In Action
Niagara
Cemetery
Iwuy
France
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Dec 30, 1920
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Scroll sent to Mr Thomas Watson (father) of
Colinton Alberta
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Feb 10, 1922
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Plaque sent to Mr Thomas Watson (father) of
Colinton Alberta
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Feb 13, 1922
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Plaque returned
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Mar 9, 1922
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Plaque resent
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Apr 24, 1922
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British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to Mr
Thomas Watson (father) of Colinton Alberta
Memorial Cross sent to mother, Mrs Thomas
Watson at the same address, but the date for this is unreadable in the file
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Feb 9, 1923
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Plaque returned
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Mar 23, 1923
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Plaque resent
The Plaque was sent to the same
address each time and I assume it was returned because of a fault or an error in the
inscription
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2010
For the 7
nights leading up to November 11, 2010, the names of all Canadian soldiers were projected
onto the Belgian War Memorial in Ypres. At
the same time, the same names were being broadcast via the internet to schools across
Belgium and Canada. The image above shows
the opening ceremonies at the Belgian War Memorial on November 4, 2010.
Below on the
left is the name of Thomas Watson being projected on that wall. Below right shows the name being broadcast to the
schools. Each name appeared for 25 seconds
and each night 9,700 names were shown.
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