Gordon Sutherland Watt

Sergeant

Conflict:

Vietnam

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Killed in action, 1 March 1970 – booby trap. (Command detonated mine), Sgt Gordon Watt was the RNZAF's only fatal casualty of the Vietnam War. He remains the only air force member killed as a result of enemy action since 1945.

Originally buried in Singapore, Sgt Watt's body was exhumed from Ulu Pandan Cemetery, cremated, and his ashes returned to New Zealand. He ashes were then reburied in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth on 1 May 1976. Gordon was one of the two medics killed in the conflict, the other being Sister Leslie Cowper.

[source: www.vietnamwar.govt.nz ]

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Casualty

Service Number:

80166

Name:

Gordon Sutherland Watt

Rank:

Sergeant

Date of Birth:

31 January 1941

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

158 Esplanade, Kaikoura, New Zealand

Nationality of Force:

New Zealand

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

01 March 1970

Day of Death:

Sunday

Conflict:

Vietnam

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Plymouth (Te Henui) Cemetery

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand