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Private Frederick Keith Watts
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Private Frederick Keith Watts Veteran

Birth
Mernda, Whittlesea City, Victoria, Australia
Death
27 May 1941 (aged 22)
Crete, Greece
Monument
Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece Add to Map
Plot
Athens Memorial, Face 11.
Memorial ID
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WW2 Service Australian Army Rank Private VX18060
Posting on Death: 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action in Crete.
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph of VX18060 Private Frederick Keith Watts, 2/7th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Watts, aged 22, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 27 May 1941. He was the son of Edward Thomas Watts and Elizabeth Mary Watts, of Yan Yean, Vic. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 11. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the
Roll of Honour in Yan Yean (Whittlesea) Vic, also his name is located at panel 32 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of Edward Thomas Watts and Elizabeth Mary Watts, of Yan Yean, Victoria, Australia.
View Memorial site here
WW2 Service Australian Army Rank Private VX18060
Posting on Death: 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action in Crete.
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph of VX18060 Private Frederick Keith Watts, 2/7th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Watts, aged 22, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 27 May 1941. He was the son of Edward Thomas Watts and Elizabeth Mary Watts, of Yan Yean, Vic. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 11. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the
Roll of Honour in Yan Yean (Whittlesea) Vic, also his name is located at panel 32 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of Edward Thomas Watts and Elizabeth Mary Watts, of Yan Yean, Victoria, Australia.


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