New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

7th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

59173

About

Born in New Zealand

9 June 1888

Parents

Mother

Malinda Watson

Father

Matthew Watson

Residence

Hometown

Auckland

Work

Occupation

Labourer

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 29

4 April 1918

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 52/0119699, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.75, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 49.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Matthew James Watson (1888-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/888