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James Birnie Watt

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Harry Lawson Watt and Emma Hester Watt, of Roslyn, Otago.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"DANNEVIRKE. Wednesday A member of the Scottish Regiment, James Birnie Watt, of Roslyn. Dunedin, who was injured during territorial manoeuvres at Dannevirke prior to Christmas through a despatch rider crashing into him when he was marching with his column, died in the Dannevirke Hospital to-day. He had been a patient since December 20. He was writing a letter to his mother just before his death."
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LXXVIII, ISSUE 23865, 16 JANUARY 1941, PAGE 6

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Casualty

Service Number: 
2/7/201
Name:
James Birnie Watt
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Accidental Death
Date of Death:
15 January 1941
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Dunedin (Anderson's Bay) Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
46. 146.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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