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Able Seaman JOHN WATSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Zealand (Leith)

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1942

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY

A. E. 9.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Isabella Watson, of Rosyth, Fife. His brother, David Thomas Taylor Watson, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER DAVID, ROYAL FLEET RESERVE,R.N. WAS LOST ON ACTIVE SERVICE 12-2-1944 AGE 38
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