Mathew Stirrat WATSON

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]

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