WATT, Charles William
(Service number 7/142)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13/09/1877 | Place of Birth | Inch Clutha, Otago |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Woolcombe Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | South African War | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Miss Ellen KIELY, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Athenic | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 August 1944 | Age | 65 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Charles William Watt was bon on 13 September 1877 at Inch Cluha, South Otago, the son of John and Margaret (née Shepherd) Watt, He had served in the South African War. C. Watt was present at the first annual meeting of the South Canterbury Ex-Contingenters’ Association in May 1914. When they held their second annual meeting on 20 May 1915, Charles was named in the annual report as one of the eleven members who had already joined the Expeditionary Force. Their comrades wished them luck and looked forward to their safe return. He was mentioned again at a general meeting held at the beginning of November 1915. In 1916 he married Ellen Kiely, his nominated next-of-kin in 1914. A younger brother, William Robert Hanbridge Watt, enlisted for World War I and served in New Zealand.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 January 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (department of Internal Affairs) [06 January 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [07 January 2018]; Timaru Herald, 23 May 1914, 19 May 1915, 3 November 1915 (Papers Past) [09 July 2015]
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