Robert WATSON

Regimental number51204
OccupationBlacksmith
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Watson, 5 Home Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (1st Draft), F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 95 Willochra on 9 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Flora Ann Cameron Grant Watson, 5 Home Street, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 66, p. 18

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