George Edward Alexander WATSON

Regimental number34181
OccupationPrinter
Next of kinMother, Mrs B Watson, 7 Aurora Terrace, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 19 January 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 28 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLondon Rifle Brigade Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 22), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Bridget Watson, 110 Teviot Street, Invercargill, and the late Alexander Watson
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 22