WATSON Douglas Linley Roy
B: 26 June 1894 Crystal Brook South Australia
D: 19 May 1915 Monash Valley, Gallipoli, Turkey
B: 21 Mary 1915 Shrapnel Valley, Gallipoli, Turkey
Parents: Benjamin Martin Watson & Lilly Priscilla Clack
Roll of Honour - Douglas Linley Roy Watson
Service Number: 47
Rank: Trooper
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horses
Service: Australian Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-198
Date of Death: 19 May 1915
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Age at death: 20
Place of Association: Crystal Brook, Australia
Cemetery or Memorial detials: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Spurce: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
Obituary:
"Biographical Particulars." Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) 19 Jun 1915: 16.
Biographical Particulars.
THE LATE PRIVATE R. WATSON. Crystal Brook, June 8.
Expressions of regret were heard, on all sides when word was received on Saturday last that Private Roy Watson, of Crystal Brook, had been killed in the Dardanelles. Private Watson was the first man to volunteer from Crystal Brook. He was employed in the office of the Waterworks Department, and was very popular. He went to Egypt with the Light Horse Division. He was educated at the Crystal Brook public school and later at Gladstone and Port Pirie high schools. At the latter he was prominently connected with rowing matters, being a member of the team that won the Public Schools' Champion Fours a few years ago at Adelaide. He was also connected with lacrosse, and was selected as South Australian goalkeeper in the abandoned match versus Victoria. He was much interested in tennis, and football, and was very popular. He was a member of the Crystal Brook Literary Society.
The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) 18 Jun 1915: 10.
PTE. WATSON.
Among the South Australians who have lost their lives at the Dardanelles is Pte. Roy Watson, of Crystal Brook. He was the first volunteer from that town and was given an enthusiastic send-off. He was employed in the office of the Waterworks Department, and was very popular. He went to Egypt with the machine gun section of the 3rd Light Horse, and afterwards volunteered to go with the infantry. Born at Crystal Brook, he had lived there all is life. He was educated at the local public school, and later at Gladstone and Port Pirie High Schools. At the last named he was prominently connected with rowing matters, being a member of the team that won the public school championship fours a few years ago at Adelaide. He was also connected with with the Lacrosse, tennis, and softball clubs and for lacrosse he was selected as South Australian goalkeeper in the abandoned association match against, Victoria. He was a member of the Crystal Brook Literary Society. Deceased was the second son or Mr. L. P. Watson, of Woodlyn avenue, Unley, and would have been 21 years of age on June 26.
