Donald Watson

Forenames

Donald AWMM

Surname

Watson AWMM

Also known as

Donald Watson AWMM

Service number

WWI 50170 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

21 Sept 1892 AWMM England AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 31 Jan 1917 AWMM Sydney House, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Mary Ann Watson (mother), 93 Tainui Terrace, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Jul 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 50170 AWMM

Military service

New Zealand Railway Battalion AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 31 Jan 1917 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
Rotorua AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 24 Jul 1917-25 Sep 1917 AWMM to Plymouth AWMM
HMNZT 89 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM 28th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• 10 Jan 1918 AWMM Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  Ruddy AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  brown AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  dark brown AWMM
• Distinguishing marks, Unknown Period AWMM
  Dimples on both cheeks; scar on right leg; mark on bridge of nose. AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 3rd Battery AWMM

Death

10 Jan 1918 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM
Belgium AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Divisional Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM M. 10. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Onehunga Returned and Services Association, 57 Princes Street, Onehunga, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22016734
  Further Reference
• Onehunga War Memorial and Book of Honour Index
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/OHB063/searchonehunga.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/93426/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/93426
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  69: 16
• NZWGT: Information supplied by the New Zealand War Graves Trust as part of the New Zealand War Graves project. This project was established in 2006 to record in text and photographs the 31,758 New Zealanders who have been identifed as serving with New Zealand or Allied forces, and who died in conflicts from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) up to the present day and in peacekeeping operations.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 89 - 1NZEF: 28th Reinforcements. (1917). Te kiwi: 28th Reinf. Cape Times Ltd