Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 08/06/1942
- Date of Discharge
- 30/09/1945
- Place of Enlistment
- Canberra ACT
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 01/06/1911
- Place of Birth
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Address (at enlistment)
- Macquarie Street, Barton ACT
- School(s) Attended
- Telopea Park School
- Occupation
- Journalist
- Next of Kin
- Enid Waterman (wife), Macquarie Street, Barton ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- N449416
- Final Rank
- Private
- Final Unit
- 21 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps Part Time Duty
Notes
Waterman was a correspondent for the Melbourne Sun News-Pictorial in Canberra up until 1949 and had trained as a journalist with the Canberra Times. He married Enid Palfreyman in Sydney in 1935 and they lived in Barton.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
The Canberra Times - 11 January 1926, 16 December 1927, 19 January 1949, 9 November 1964