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Cenotaph record

Arthur Eric Watson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Eric AWMM
  • Surname
    Watson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Red AWMM
    • 439991 AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII NZ439991 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 January 1925 Family source New Plymouth, Taranaki Family source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 66 Buller St, New Plymouth AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Winifred Watson, mother, 66 Buller St, New Plymouth AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 17 July 1943 Family source Junior storeman/Civilian Family source
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married Tuhi Emily Powell who also served in the RNZAF. Family source. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 November 2007 Family source
    Age 82 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki Family source
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Awanui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM Plot 18, Block 17, Upright Cremation AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM

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