Gavin WATSON

Regimental number34543
OccupationWarehouseman
Next of kinMother, Mrs A E Watson, 24 Lichfield Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 19 January 1917
Final rankGunner
Final unit4th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 26 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row V, Grave No 3), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Annie Watson, 24 Lichfield Street, Christchurch. Native of Blenheim
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 24