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Harold Chalmers Watson

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 760 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Chalmers AWMM
  • Surname
    Watson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 7/1664 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Christian / Presbyterian Public - Hana J M - Direct descendant - 5 October 2017 - Family oral history.

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 August 1895 Family source Port Chalmers, Dunedin Family source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand Public - Hana J M - Direct descendant - 5 October 2017 - Ancestry New Zealand Birth Index, 1840-1950.
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  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Bellevue Road, Port Chalmers, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Draper Public - Hana J M - Direct descendant - 5 October 2017 - Ross. (2009). Who lived where in 1950. Retrieved from http://www.neighbourhoodmemories.co.nz/who-lived-where-in-1950/
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 John Watson (father), Bellevue Road, Port Chalmers, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 21 April 1924 - Married Jane Blackwood Public - Hana J M - Direct descendant - 12 January 2018 - Ancestry New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934.
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/1664 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star
      British War Medal
      Victory Medal Public - Hana J M - Direct descendant - 5 October 2017 - The medals.

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Otago, New Zealand 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 25 November 1978 AWMM
      Riverton, Southland AWMM
    • 25 November 1978 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 83 AWMM
  • Date of death
    25 November 1978 Public - Hana J M- Direct descendant - 5 October 2017 - Dunedin City Council. Cemetery Search.
  • Age at death
    83 years Public - Hana J M - Direct descendant - 5 October 2017 - Dunedin City Council. Cemetery Search.
  • Place of death
    Riverton Hospital, Southland, New Zealand Public - Hana J M - Direct descendant - 5 October 2017 - Dunedin City Council. Cemetery Search.
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Port Chalmers RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block SFP, Plot 2 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Port Chalmers (New) Cemetery Public - Hana J M- Direct descendant - 5 October 2017 - Dunedin City Council. Cemetery Search.
  • Grave reference
    Soldiers Block, Plot 2 Public - Hana J M - Direct descendant - 5 October 2017 - Dunedin City Council. Cemetery Search.
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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27 November 2018Hana J M West Coast, New ZealandDirect descendant

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