Service Details
Name:
 WATSON
Given Name:
 FREDERICK WILLIAM
Initials:
 F W
Service No:
 12/1020
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
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Unit:
 No. 3 Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-06-07
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Date of Birth:
 1890-07-07
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 D C M
Citations:
 LG Sup 11 March 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry on the 7th August, 1915, at Chunuk Bair (Dardanelles), when he twice crossed a heavily fireswept zone to carry forward ammunition. Later he brought in a wounded man under heavy fire."
Additional
Information:
Son of F. H. and Margaret Watson, of Bulls, New Zealand. Also served in Gallipoli. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 KANDAHAR FARM CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 25.

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