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Sunday, 23 December 2007

Wellington Mounted Rifles, Roll of Honour, Richard Reginald Watkins
Topic: AIF - NZMRB - WMR

WMR Regiment

Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment

Roll of Honour

Richard Reginald Watkins

Poppies on the Auckland Cenotaph plinth

A brief military biography of Richard Reginald Watkins

Address: Kohuratahi, New Zealand.

Conflict: 1914-1918.

Embarkation details: Unit embarked fromWellington, New Zealand, on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915.

Embarkation Roll Page: Volume I, 759.

Embarkation Unit name: Wellington Mounted Rifles, 4th Reinforcement.

Fate: Killed in Action 23 December 1916.

Marital status: Single.

Next of kin: R. Watkins (father), 395 Wightman Road, Hornsey, London W., England.

Place of death or wounding: Magdhaba, Sinai Peninsular, Egypt.

Rank at death: Trooper [Tpr].

Rank on enlistment: Trooper.

Regimental number: 11/936.

Unit from Nominal Roll: Wellington Mounted Rifles.

Lest we forget

Sources Used:

The Cenotaph Database hosted by the Auckland Museum.
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919.
CWGC files, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.

Further Reading:

Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment

Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour

The Battle of Magdhaba

The Battle of Magdhaba, Sinai, December 23, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: Wellington Mounted Rifles, Roll of Honour, Richard Reginald Watkins

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Updated: Saturday, 21 November 2009 9:03 PM EAST

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