Oswald Watt

Walter Oswald Watt OBE (11 February 1878 21 May 1921) was an Australian aviator and businessman. Born in England, he moved to Sydney with his family when he was a year old, returning at the age of eleven for education at Bristol and Cambridge. He went back to Australia in 1900 and enlisted in the Militia before setting up as a grazier in New South Wales and Queensland. Learning to fly in 1911, Watt joined the French Foreign Legion as a pilot upon the outbreak of World War I. He transferred to the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) in 1916, quickly progressing from flight commander with No. 1 Squadron in Egypt, to Commanding Officer of No. 2 Squadron on the Western Front. By February 1918, he had been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and taken command of the AFC's 1st Training Wing in England.... Mehr