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With the object of forming a body to be called the South African Returned Soldiers' Association a meeting of representatives of all Tasmanian contingents which served in the South African war was held in the R.S.L. rooms, Murray street, 3 September 1922. The Hon. Major Morrisby was in the chair. Mr. A. A. Hunt was appointed secretary pro tem. It was decided that all those present be formed into a provisional committee and that all ex-commanding officers be written to asking for their assistance. It was resolved that the next meeting of the association be held on the first
Monday in October. From TROVE: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23629944

Professional writer and journalist with 50 years of published experience. He has many major publications to his credit, most dealing with Tasmanian history, including military. His late father, Reginald Gordon Watson, was a Rats of Tobruk man, his grandfather, Frederick Wentworth Watson, a Trooper of the Second Tasmanian Bushmen, (2TIB), Boer War. His mother was the late Ann Alma, nee Payne. He has four daughters, Kylie, Kate, Elspeth (Elly), Grace and eleven grand children. An ancestor was H.B. Marriott Watson, a famous writer in England. For more information see: https://regwatson.mydrive.me/index.php/About-Reg