Lance Corporal

John Frederick Watchorn

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of William and Eliza Watchorn, of Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania. Also served in Egypt.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
12/3185
Name:
John Frederick Watchorn
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs W.J. Watchorn (mother), Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Care of A. Weaver, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Auckland Regiment, 1 Battalion, 15 (North Auckland) Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
28 September 1916
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
7th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
09 October 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
Vessel:
Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
C. 17.
Cemetery Location: 
France
John Frederick Watchorn
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