LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Rowland Hill WATT
Service No: 145140
Born: Essendon VIC, 14 October 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 October 1943
Unit: No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron, Labuan
Died: Ground Accident, Labuan, 8 December 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Rowland Hill Watt, and Vie C. Watt, of Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 November 1945, Leading Aircraftman Watt, a Driver Motor Transport, was dangerously injured when he was accidentally crushed between the bumper bars of heavy vehicles at the No. 5 ACS Camp at Labuan. He was transferred to the No. 2/6th Australian General Hospital at Labuan and died of his injuries on 8 December 1945.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/43/1749