WATSON, Nigel
| Service Number: | 1945 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1935 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 6 February 1915 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Amberley, Queensland, Australia, Amberley, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 12 February 1941, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lutwyche Cemetery WW2 Cremation Commemorations |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Dec 1935: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 1945 | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 1945 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
On the 12th of February 1941 Wirraway A20-121 collided head on with A20-138 on a runway at Amberley Aerodrome - both aircraft burnt and totally destroyed. Cause listed as carelessness and lack of vigilance as the aircraft taking off struck another aircraft taxying back in head on.
Flying Officer Patrick Adair Black 558 and LAC Raymond Alexander Humphry 406250 were killed in aircraft A20-121 and they are commemorated in Ipswich Cemetery, Queensland
Flight Sergeant Nigel Watson 1945 and LAC Douglas Porter Scott 406229 were killed in aircraft A20-138 and they are commemorated on the Queensland Cremation Memorial in Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane (LAC Scott was originally listed as injured but died the same day)
(NB: Wirraway A20-121 is incorrectly listed as A20-201 on some records - that aircraft was destroyed in a separate incident on 19 January 1941)