Ronald James WATT

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WATT, Ronald James

Service Number:	273
Enlisted:	17 January 1938
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 16 June 1918
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Flying Battle, Tunisia, 27 January 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt Col 271 Local Roll of Honour- Warragul Victoria Australia
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour, Warragul War Memorial

World War 2 Service

17 Jan 1938:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 273
17 Jan 1938:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 273, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Squadron Leader, 273
27 Jan 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 273, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Squadron Leader Watt 273 in Kittyhawk FL292 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was shot down east of Zuara in Libya - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt

He was in a group of ten Kittyhawk fighters from 3SQN that took off to attack 2 German ships in the Mediterranean Sea north of Ben Gardane in Tunisia - 8 enemy aircraft were encountered 4 miles east of Zuara off the coast of Libya with SQNLDR Watt being shot down

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