LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Mervyn John WATSON
Service No: 420610
Born: Murwillumbah NSW, 15 August 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1941
Unit: No. 453 Squadron
Died: Air Raid: near Lingevres, 14 August 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Rottot Les Bagues War Cemetery, Normandy, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edmund John and Irene Watson, of Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Murwillumbah NSW
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 August 1944, Warrant Officer Watson, a Pilot, was killed in an air raid on Advanced Landing Ground B19 near Lingevres, France, when three anti-personnel bombs were dropped on No. 453 Squadron’s domestic area. Others were injured in the raid.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/43/816