Trooper

Herbert Percy Watson

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Edward Wilfred and Eliza Watson. of Nelson, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
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Casualty

Service Number: 
7/288
Name:
Herbert Percy Watson
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Edward Wilfred Watson (father), Wai-iti, Nelson, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Uruwhenua, Takaka, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of dysentery
Date of Death:
09 August 1915
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 4
HMNZT 11
Vessel:
Tahiti or Athenic
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
C. 3064.
Cemetery Location: 
Gibraltar
Herbert Percy Watson
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