Dr. Thomas Albert Watterson

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Name: Thomas Albert Watterson
Death Date: 29 Aug 1936
Death County or District: Carleton
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Birth Location: North Gower
Father: Gabriel Watterson
Mother: Sarah Jane Kidd

Birth:
North Gower death register

Died:
North Gower death register

Thomas married Jessie Grace Pallistar on 17 Mar 1908. Jessie (daughter of Peter Pallistar and Margaret Pounder) was born in 1877; died on 25 May 1970 in Kars, North Gower Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmview Cemetery, Kars, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Medical):The crew of Lockheed Hudson #771 aircraft was on a navigational training and transport flight between Torbay in Newfoundland and Dartmouth in Nova Scotia, Canada, when they disappeared, crashing 11 miles from RCAF Station Dartmouth. There were three crew members, as well as three passengers aboard the Hudson, and all six servicemen perished in the aircraft accident. Though a military search was immediately launched, the crash site was not located until 6 Nov 1944.


Died:
Pilot Officer, RCAF.

The crew of Lockheed Hudson #771 aircraft was on a navigational training and transport flight between Torbay in Newfoundland and Dartmouth in Nova Scotia, Canada, when they disappeared, crashing 11 miles from RCAF Station Dartmouth. There were three crew members, as well as three passengers aboard the Hudson, and all six servicemen perished in the aircraft accident. Though a military search was immediately launched, the crash site was not located until 6 Nov 1944.
The aircrew members were-
Flight Sergeant Robert Cecil ROLFE,
Warrant Officer Class II James Robin STICK and
Pilot Officer Thomas Albert Kidd WATTERSON.

The military passengers were-
Flight Lieutenant John Thomas HOOK,
US Army Lieutenant Eugene Estes SNELL and
Flying Officer William Hector THOMPSON.

Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/21312
Age: 30
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 145 RCAF Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron [MOTTO: 'Furor Non Sine Frenis' (Fury, but not without restraints)]

Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas A. Watterson, M.D. and Jessie G. Watterson of Manotick, Ontario, Canada.

Pilot Officer Thomas Albert Kidd Watterson is commemorated on Page 225 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.