Reginald Alfred WATKINS

Regimental number12/3861
OccupationSalvation Army officer
Next of kinFather, M L Watkins, Maungatautari, Cambridge
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit6th Hauraki Company, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 23 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row F, Grave No 76), Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew Lewis and Mary Watkins, Cambridge
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 17