Identity
Person No.
2919
Service No.
69147
Last Name
First Name
Neil Watson
Initials
N W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. Around seventy bombers were sent to dispatch the Hermes which sank within ten minutes
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Ordinary Telegraphist
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Thomas W. and Florence S. Bryson, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. B.Sc. (Wits.). On East London Golf Club Roll of Honour
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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samilhistory.com
open source ↗
samilhistory.com Remembrance / Peter Dickens SAN WW2 honour roll
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