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Wilfred John Watt

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wilfred John AWMM
  • Surname
    Watt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 21360 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 12 May 1895 AWMM AWMM
    • 12 May 1895 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    12 May 1895 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 5 August 2016 - Archway portal via Archives New Zealand website; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21041913
  • Place of birth
    Auckland, New Zealand Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 5 August 2016 - Archway portal via Archives New Zealand website; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21041913
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Matilda Mary Watt (mother), 133 Wellesley Street West, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 21360 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
    WW1 Driver/Military AWMM
  • 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Charles and Matilda Mary Watt, of 133, Wellesley St., Auckland.

    New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Family plot memorial; Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 5 August 2016 - Personal visit
  • Memorial reference
    ANGLICAN DIVISION F Row 8, Plot 79 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 5 August 2016 - Auckland Council cemeteries database search page; http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/cemeterysearch.aspx

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
05 April 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
05 August 2016SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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