David Alexander WATSON

Regimental number39370
OccupationClerk
Next of kinFather, A Watson, 14 Bellevue Place, Port Chalmers
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 19 January 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 3 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialBrandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3 (Plot II, Row K, Grave No 16), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Ellen Watson, Port Chalmers
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 16