Richard William WATKINS

Regimental number58948
OccupationSteward
Next of kinMother, Mrs Barbara Watkins, 11 Gillespie Street, North East Valley, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Ruahine on 15 August 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 29 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialEuston Road Cemetery (Plot V, Row I, Grave No 8), Colincamps, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard William and Barbara Watkins, 105 Malvern Street, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 15

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