SUB-LIEUT.D.G. WATTS
1 Word has been received 'by Mr. fand Mrs. H. Watts, 6*■ Waitoa 1 Road,vHataitai, that their younger son, Temporary .Sub-Lieutenant D.;G. (Donald) Watts, R.N.Z.N.V:R.,; has; been '.miss-.
in§, presumed 'kille_d,'; as ; a 'result of his ship striking /a * mine. off ■■■ Bizerta) on May 14. In civilian life Sub-Lieut. Watts, was in the Public: Works Office; Wellington. He was educated at Hataitai School and Wellington College,' and later attended Victoria University College,'where he was taking a science course. He waswell known. in Evans Bay as the skipper- of the Patsy. SiibLieut. Watts left New Zealand in July, 1941,: for service in ;■ the '''Royal'- ■Navy. After gaining "his commission .he ? went to the motor launch patrol section and saw much service in .the Channel and North.Sea areas. In his last letter to his parents he . indicated that, he, was applying .'for, a transfer to'>the- Mediterran'eari ■■ theatre* of war.' He 'was then, second in - command' of a motor gun launch,, which was among.those that were mentioned 'as: doing great work during those first two vital weeks, in May. ' .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 3, 3 July 1943, Page 6
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