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Watson, Philip Alexander If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Engine Room Artificer (2nd Class) (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-2717

 

Birth	09/09/1884	Death	30/10/1918
Place	(nk)	Place	(At sea) (Vancouver Island)
Area	(nk)	Area
Country	(nk)	Country	(At sea) (Vancouver Island BC)

 

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Biography
His next-of-kin, was his wife, Mrs. Eileen Watson, 107 Bushby Steet, Victoria B.C. He was an engineer at the time of his recruitment into the navy.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as an Engineer RNCVR. He served in HMCS Galiano 1918. (He was lost in HMCS Galiano in a storm off Vancouver Island BC October 30, 1918).

 

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References
http://www.oocities.com/gjesperson/galiano2.html; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=12788&; Finding of the RCN Court of Enquiry into the Loss of HMCS Galiano; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021854/philip-alexander-watson/ (website viewed 28/05/2023);
Last update
2015-11-12 00:00:00

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