John Watson

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Watson AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/1369 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

13 Mar 1886 Kiwi Jocks Research
Cadermavis Farm, Dalserf, Lanarkshire AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/1369 AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Died from accident occurring, or disease contracted, while training with or attached to the NZEF in New Zealand AWMM

Last rank

Trooper AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit, New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

John Watson was the son of John and Eliza Watson (nee Letham), of Heddon Bush, Southland, New Zealand. Born in Scotland. AWMM

Death

14 Sept 1915 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Winton Cemetery, Southland District, New Zealand AWMM Section 39. Plot 1. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/642724/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/642724
  Further Reference

References

• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• The Surcingle : official organ of the Silent Sixth Rfcts, New Zealand Expdy Force. [At sea] : [Magazine Committee], 1915.