Percy Kevin WATTERSON

WATTERSON, Percy Kevin

Service Number: 77200
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 77200
22 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 77200, No. 80 Squadron (RAAF)
22 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 77200

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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