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Leslie Andrew Watson

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 2 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 2 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Andrew AWMM
  • Surname
    Watson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    13626 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
    Unknown AWMM Gowan Bridge, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A.P. Watson (father), Crushington, Reefton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    13626 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Leslie Watson was the son of Andrew Patton Watson and Mabel Lucretia Watson, of Crushington, Nelson, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Crete, Greece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 2. D. 15. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/937177
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 501 AWMM
    • Green, A. T., Jamieson, H. R., Jamieson, Vera, and Hobbs, Margaret. Tell Our Story. World War II in North Africa : History of the New Zealand 6th Field Ambulance, 14 June 1942 to 6 October 1943. Wellington [N.Z.]: Margaret Hobbs, 1999. Print. AWMM

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07 May 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 January 2022Wayne PearsonEdinburgh, ScotlandResearcher
11 March 2015Nicola JoyNew ZealandOther Relative

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