Post-war career and legacy Oswald Watt

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general sir william birdwood (fifth left) (left right behind birdwood) major roy phillipps, captain les holden (in flying suit), , lieutenant colonel watt, minchinhampton, march 1919


watt appointed officer of order of british empire on 1 january 1919, in recognition of war service. returned australia on 6 may rest of 1st training wing s personnel, aboard troopship kaisar-i-hind, on ranking officer. leaving afc afterwards, elected president of new south wales section of australian aero club. served senior delegate on committee of veteran military pilots examining applications appointment proposed independent australian air service. watt esteemed man did not forget old comrades, providing former afc members financial aid , helping them re-establish in civilian life. maintained interest in commercial flying refused offer take position of controller of civil aviation in 1920 owing business interests, included partnership in family shipping firm of gilchrist, watt & sanderson ltd, , directorships of mining, rubber, , art corporations. turned down invitations stand parliament, , join fledgling royal australian air force.


oswald watt drowned @ bilgola beach, near newport, new south wales, on 21 may 1921. cuts , bruising on body indicated had slipped on rocks, struck head, , rolled unconscious relatively shallow water. survived 15-year-old son, accorded military funeral 2 days later @ st jude s church, randwick. members of afc, royal air force, , australian aero club formed guard of honour @ service, 1 of largest in suburb s history, included representatives of royal australian navy , australian army. among tributes floral wreath anonymous group of french admirers, , dropped parachute low-flying plane. on 31 may, watt s body cremated , ashes interred in family vault @ st jude s.


in will, watt left 2 bequests australian aero club, 1 of used establish oswald watt gold medal outstanding achievement in australian aviation. winners of award have included charles kingsford smith, bert hinkler, henry millicer, ivor mcintyre, jon johanson , andy thomas. bequeathed sum royal military college, duntroon, award annually set of binoculars best cadet essay on military aviation or aeronautics. award founded oswald watt prize later in 1921. of residue of watt s estate went university of sydney. considered 1 of university s great benefactors, commemorated oswald watt fund. in may 1923, oswald watt wing of havilah home orphans, wahroonga, opened governor-general of australia. watt acknowledged both source , reviewer f.m. cutlack in latter s volume on australian flying corps first published in 1923 part of official history of australia in war of 1914–1918. during world war i, oswald watt had been afc officer command wing apart lieutenant colonel richard williams, later become known father of raaf . in 2001, military historian alan stephens noted had fate drawn him post-war career in air force instead of business , untimely death, toby watt might have challenged richard williams raaf s dominant figure in formative years .








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