Matthew James WATSON

Regimental number59173
Date of birth9 June 1888
Place of birthWaitara, Taranaki
OccupationLabourer
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Malinda Watson, New Plymouth
Enlistment date21 May 1917
Rank on embarkationSapper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Engineer Tunnelling Company, 7th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 96 Maunganui on 21 November 1917
Final rankSapper
Final unitNew Zealand Tunnelling Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of disease 4 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 1, Grave No 16), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Malinda Watson, Okaiawa, Taranaki, and the late Matthew Watson
Other details

War service: England

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 49