Death and Legacy
Lawson died in East Melbourne, survived by seven of his eight children. His wife died in 1949 and his youngest son had joined the Royal Australian Air Force and was killed in 1941. His last surviving child, Ina Constance Watson, passed away in Melbourne, Australia on November 9, 2012.
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