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Cenotaph record

David Owen Watson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Owen AWMM
  • Surname
    Watson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 60374 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM 20 Huntly Ave., Grafton, Auckland, C. 1 AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 20 Huntly Ave., Grafton, Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM 20 Huntly Ave., Grafton, Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM 20 Huntly Ave., Grafton, Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. Z.V. Watson, 20 Huntly Ave., Grafton, Auckland (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. Z.V. Watson, 20 Huntly Ave., Grafton, Auckland (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. L.V. Watson, 47 Vauxhall Rd., Devonport, Auckland (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. Z.V. Watson, 20 Huntly Ave., Grafton, Auckland (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 60374 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.369 Salesman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.369
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.369
    • WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.416 Salesman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.416
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.416
    • WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.135 Salesman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.135
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.135
    • WW2 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.148 Salesman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.148
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.148
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.369 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.416 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.135 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.148 AWMM

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