Coming Soon.
WATTERSON, Percy Kevin
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 77200 |
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Enlisted: | 22 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 80 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Canungra, Queensland, Australia, 28 January 1924 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Canungra State School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Sheet Metal Worker |
Died: | Ground Battle, Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 15 July 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
5 Airmen from 80 SQN were shot by Japanese snipers on Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea, 4 were killed & 1 was seriously injured - LAC Colin Keith Tuohy 48584 - discharged from the RAAF in 1946
Killed were LAC Keith John Jones 70683 / LAC Ian McGregor Wilson 70714 / LAC Percy Kevin Watterson 77200 / LAC John Anderson Phillips 69659