Katherine Watson

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Katherine Watson (Matthews)

Also Known As: "Kit"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: November 28, 1979 (64)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Lewis Matthews and Hannah Matthews
Wife of James Sharon Watson
Sister of Alice Churchouse; Edith Mulgrew; Arthur Shaw Matthews; Mary McLeod; Jack Matthews and 2 others

Find A Grave ID: 235603421
Immigration to New Zealand: RMS Athenic, 1923
Managed by: Private User
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About Katherine Watson

On the morning of 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 left Mangere airport, Auckland, for an 11-hour return sightseeing flight to Antarctica. At 12.49 p.m. (NZST), the aircraft crashed into the lower slopes of Mt Erebus killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. It was the worst civil disaster in New Zealand's history. Source: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster

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Katherine Watson's Timeline

1915
June 4, 1915
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 64
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 64
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica