Walter Robert Watson

Forenames

Walter Robert AWMM

Surname

Watson AWMM

Service number

WWI 31568 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Methodist, Christian AWMM

Birth

12 Nov 1889 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre Jul 1916 AWMM Wai-iti, near Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Beatrice Ellen Watson (wife), Foxhill, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

16 Oct 1916 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 31568 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 24 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• 12 Dec 1916 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
  Measles AWMM
• 18 Feb 1917 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
  Admitted, No 3 NZGH, Codford influenza AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died of Lobar pneumonia AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  6' 0" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  161 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Otago Regiment, 3rd Reserve Battalion AWMM

Death

20 Mar 1917 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Codford (St Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England AWMM 72 AWMM

Memorial name

• Marlborough War Memorial, 20 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201 AWMM
• Renick War Memorial, 55 High Street, Renwick AWMM
• Marlborough Great War Memorial, WW1 AWMM
• Listed among the WW1 dead on the Wakefield War Memorial near Nelson
  Public - Peter Hugh - Researcher - 12 March 2026 - direct observation

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22016942
  Sources Used
• Nelson Provincial Museum. WW1 Their Stories - Our History
  http://ww100.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/406667/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/406667
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 13
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Information kindly provided by family
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17