WATSON, Rosewall James
(Service number 8/2493)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 29 December 1895 | Place of Birth | Oamaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Aln Street, Oamaru - Barman at Royal Hotel, Temuka | ||
| Occupation | Barman | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | R. H. WATSON (father), Aln Street, Oamaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 5th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 13 June 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 4th (Otago) Company | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Balkans - Gallipoli; Western Front | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 12 October 1917 | Age | 21 years |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Rosewall James Watson was the only surviving son of Robert Harry and Mary Elizabeth Watson. He was educated at Oamaru North School. While he gave his parents' address as his own on enlistment, he was working as a barman at the Royal Hotel, Temuka. "He was very popular in Temuka, where he was working, when he returned home to enlist." (Otago Witness, 1 September 1915).
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 March 2018]; Refer to - Otago Witness, 1 September 1915, Oamaru Mail, 1 November 1917 (Papers Past) [31 March 2018; 03 April 2018]
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