Reginald Watson (SN 6363) born in Clunes, was a 22 year old hairdresser when he enlisted in Ballarat on June 29th 1916. Assigned to the 8th Infantry Battalion, he embarked aboard the Euripides on September 11th , first to England and then to France in May 1917. In September he suffered wounds to his neck and leg and was evacuated to hospital in England. He rejoined his unit in France in May 1918 and was wounded again in August suffering a gunshot wound to his shoulder. Again evacuated to England, his wife Christina was erroneously advised that he had been killed. He was returned to Australia aboard the Karoa, disembarked at Melbourne on May 8th 1919 and was discharged ‘medically unfit’ on August 29th.

His brother Albert also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.