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Re: research for family tree
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 01 July 23 08:39 BST (UK) »
Elsie May WATSON died 1974 Sydney (Parents James and Mary Jane)

Was she married to Wilmot Watson?

They had a son named Eric born 4/8/1922 in Queensland

File at https://www.naa.gov.au/
Watson Wilmot : SERN 57655 : POB Longron England : POE Ipswich QLD : NOK F Watson Joseph

Wilmot WATSON and Elsie Mary BATEMAN married Dec 1919 Stoke-on-Trent (pg 17- Extract of Marriage)  https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=1915578&S=17&N=21&R=0#/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=1915578&T=P&S=17

Returned with wife per Zealandic on 14 May 1920 (left Liverpool 27 Mar 1920)

Adding Son Eric’s birth Qld: Birth registration:
Eric Watson
Birth date: 04/08/1922
Mother's name: Elsie May Bateman
Father/parent's name: Wilmot Watson
Registration details: 1922/C/9667

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WATSON ERIC : Service Number - N255803 : Date of birth - 04 Aug 1922 : Place of birth - ROCKHAMPTON QLD : Place of enlistment - BELMORE NSW : Next of Kin - WATSON ELSIE
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Re: research for family tree
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 01 July 23 09:03 BST (UK) »
https://www.naa.gov.au/ Can request a copy (for a fee) son Reginald WATSON file
WATSON REGINALD : Service Number - NX174902 : Date of birth - 16 May 1924 : Place of birth - ROCKHAMPTON QLD : Place of enlistment - GDD N S W L OF C AREA NSW : Next of Kin - WATSON WILMOT

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Re: research for family tree
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 01 July 23 22:10 BST (UK) »
Is this your Elsie May BATEMAN, with parents James and Mary Jane BATEMAN in Fenton, Stoke on Trent in 1911?

James BATEMAN    45
Mary Jane               43
James                      22
Mary Jane               17
Fredrick William       14
Ernest Marshall    12    
Elsie May                  9
Susan Annie            5
Eric Leason            3
Evelyn HUGHES         5  (Granddaughter)

Children all with mmn WHITMORE
Yes it is 

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« Reply #12 on: Thursday 20 July 23 20:13 BST (UK) »
https://www.naa.gov.au/ Can request a copy (for a fee) son Reginald WATSON file
WATSON REGINALD : Service Number - NX174902 : Date of birth - 16 May 1924 : Place of birth - ROCKHAMPTON QLD : Place of enlistment - GDD N S W L OF C AREA NSW : Next of Kin - WATSON WILMOT

im trying to look for records of reginald on google with joy can you find any more infomation


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« Reply #13 on: Friday 21 July 23 04:23 BST (UK) »
There is this possible mention of R... WATSON in Rockhampton, Qld in 1939 - victim of a theft.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56037514

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« Reply #14 on: Friday 21 July 23 04:42 BST (UK) »
The death notice for Wilmot WATSON names his 2 children, however there is only one daughter-in-law. So one of the sons did not marry. I can't readily see a death for either of them, so am hesitant to name them on here.