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he was reclassified as missing believed killed in action. In due course his death was officially presumed to have occurred on the 13th October 1942.

A post-war casualty search revealed that Sergeant Watters was buried in the Cemetery at Bruntsbuttelkoog, North West Hamburg. Later he was reinterred in the British Military Cemetery, Kiel.

Find a Grave link with a photo of Sgt. Watters: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18431404/ventry-watters/photo
Auckland Museum link with more info: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C22842?n=ventry+watters&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0

5/2/4803 AS2.
359 hours as pilot.

Mrs. M.V. WATTERS (M) (right aligned)
c/o Messrs. Malley and Walters (right aligned)
Whangarei (right aligned)