Eric Mervyn Watson (1903 - 1971)

Born 26 Aug 1903 in Claremont, Western Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Rose Florence (Terelinck) Watson — married 1927 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Died 7 Sep 1971 at age 68 in Augusta, Western Australia, Australia

Biography

ERIC MERVYN WATSON ^[1] (Watson-18235)

PARENTS. Ernest Henry Watson & Lilian Dora (Fuchs) Watson

BIRTH. 26 Aug 1903, Claremont, Western Australia, Australia

BIRTH. WA BDM Birth Reg: #644/1903

Family name Watson

Given names Eric Mervin

Father Ernest Henry

Mother Fuchs Lillian Dora

Place of birth Claremont

MARRIAGE. 1927, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

MARRIAGE. 1927, Rose Florence Terelinck, daughter of Adolphus Terelinck & Rose Emmeline (Fawcett) Terelinck

MARRIAGE. WA BDM Marriage Reg: #228/1927

Family name Watson

Given names Eric M

Family name of Spouse Terelinck

Given names of Spouse Rose F

Place of marriage District of Perth

Children:

(1) Helen Linthorne Watson, b. 28 Nov 1933, d. 1988, m. 1952, Clive Hart, son of Leslie Hart & Elsie Grace (Jones) Hart

(2) John Anthony Linthorne Watson, b. 20 Sep 1935, d. 4 Dec 1993

WWII Service Record:

Name WATSON, ERIC MERVYN

Service Australian Army

Service Number W48464

Date of Birth 26 Aug 1903

Place of Birth CLAREMONT, WA

Date of Enlistment 18 Mar 1942

Locality on Enlistment NEDLANDS, WA

Place of Enlistment CLAREMONT, WA

Next of Kin WATSON, ROSE

Date of Discharge Unknown

Rank Sergeant

Posting at Discharge 2 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display

Prisoner of War No

DEATH. 7 Sep 1971, Augusta, near Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, Australia

DEATH. WA BDM Death Reg: #62/1971

Family name Watson

Given names Eric Mervyn

Age 68

Father Ernest H

Mother Lilian D

Place of death District of Sussex

CREMATION. KARRAKATTA CEMETERY

WATSON ERIC MERVYN

Age 68 years

Place of residence AUGUSTA

Date of Death 07/09/1971

Ashes Request MEMORIALISED AT KARRAKATTA CEMETERY

CREMATORIUM ROSE GARDENS GARDEN 21 0220

Watson, Eric Mervyn (1903 - 1971) ^[2]

Born in 1903, probably in Western Australia, and died at Augusta, near Cape Leeuwin, W.A., on 7 September 1971.

He majored in chemistry at the University of Western Australia and graduated with honours in 1925. After several positions as an industrial chemist and temporary lectureships at the University of Adelaide and the University of Western Australia, he joined the staff of the Perth Technical College in 1929 and spent the rest of his working life with that institution. Soon after that appointment he was awarded a Hackett Scholarship, which enabled him to work at a Ph.D. in organic chemistry.

He made studies on the chemistry of some Western Australian plants, especially eucalypts, and published results in the J. Roy. Soc. West. Aust. From the time of his return from London in 1933 he became increasingly involved in the teaching of pharmacy students, especially in improving their knowledge of organic chemistry and biochemistry. Watson became an acknowledged authority on the training of chemists and pharmacists and was honoured by election to Fellowships of both the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria.

Dr Watson was recognized as an outstanding personality and an excellent teacher. Unfortunately, a few years after becoming Head of the Chemistry Department of the Perth Technical College in 1946, he suffered a severe heart attack and had to curtail many of his former activities, he retired in 1963 and for the remainder of his life dwelt at Augusta, a small town near Cape Leeuwin, in the far southwest of the State.

Source: Extracted from: Hall, N. (1978) Botanists of the eucalypts.

Death of Spouse: 19 Sep 1985, Western Australia, Australia

Sources

1. ↑ A BRILLIANT STUDENT. Dr. Watson's Success: The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Fri 29 Jul 1932, Page 20: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32555309
2. ↑ Watson, Eric Mervyn (1903 - 1971): Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium, Biographical Notes: https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/watson-eric-mervyn.html

• Birth: WA BDM Birth Reg: #644/1903

• Marriage: WA BDM Marriage Reg: #228/1927

• WWII Service Record: https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=828936&c=WW2

• Death: WA BDM Death Reg: #62/1971

• Cremation: http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KC00037907