In Memory Of
WATSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1890-07-07
Service No:
12/1020
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 3 Coy.
Regiment:
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
Date of Death:
1917-06-07
Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 25.
Cemetery:
KANDAHAR FARM CEMETERY
Localitly:
Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
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."
Son of F. H. and Margaret Watson, of Bulls, New Zealand. Also served in Gallipoli. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
