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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 4, 1914
Perth, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 3, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
September 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
7. D. 12.
Additional information
Son of Edgar John and Elizabeth Maud Watt; husband of Gwendoline Mary Watt, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Brother of Captain James Stewart Watt, who died on October 21, 1944, while serving with the Essex Scottish Regiment.
Digital gallery of Captain John Arthur Watt
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Medals
Military Cross, 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939/45 War Medal, Memorial Cross and Birks Bar. On display at the Scotland National War Museum, in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain John Arthur Watt
Digital gallery of
Captain John Arthur Watt
Digital gallery of
Captain John Arthur Watt
Digital gallery of
Captain John Arthur Watt
Digital gallery of
Captain John Arthur Watt
Digital gallery of
Captain John Arthur Watt
Digital gallery of
Captain John Arthur Watt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 473 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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