Leslie Alexander Watt

Private

Conflict:

WW2

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Private Leslie Alexander Watt died at Waimate Hospital to-day from injuries suffered on Sunday afternoon, The car he was driving skidded on the wet road and collided with a power pole near Makikihi. Private Watt, who was returning to Burnham Camp from week-end leave at Waimate, was taken to hospital, but he did not regain consciousness. The funeral will take place at Invercargill, where his parents live. An inquest was opened yesterday before Mr d’A. S. Grut, and was adjourned after evidence of identification had been given."

PRESS, VOLUME LXXVII, ISSUE 23289, 27 MARCH 1941, PAGE 10

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Casualty

Service Number:

17757

Name:

Leslie Alexander Watt

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Motor Vehicle Accident

Date of Death:

26 March 1941

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Invercargill (Eastern) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

35. 24.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand