Basil George Watson

Basil George Watson (12 October 1894 – 28 March 1917) was an Australian aviation pioneer.

Born in Bendigo, the only son of Mr and Mrs James I. Watson, and grandson of John Boyd Watson, he died when his aeroplane crashed in Port Phillip Bay on 28 March 1917,[1] and was buried at Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, two days later.[2][3]

Footnotes
  1. Anon, 29 March 1917.
  2. Anon, 2 April 1917.
  3. Kingsley, 2016.

References
  • Anon, "Mr Basil Watson Killed: Well-Known Bendigo Aviator: Falls on Seashore at Laverton: Death Instantaneous", The Bendigonian, (Thursday, 29 March 1917) p.23.
  • Anon, Funeral of Basil Watson, The Argus, (Monday, 2 April 1917), p.11.
  • Kingsley, Terri-Anne, Dashing Test Pilot to Flying Mailman and Barnstormer: Meet Bendigo's Basil Watson, ABC Central Victoria, Monday, 11 July 2016.
  • TROVE List: Basil George Watson.
  • Winter, Carol, Basil Watson: Pioneer Aviator, Penfolk Publishing, (Blackburn), 2015. ISBN 978 1 875894 95 6
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