Regimental number | 60964 |
Place of birth | Preston, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Setter |
Address | Dandenong Road, Oakleigh, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, H.J. Matrick, Dandenong Road, Oakleigh, Victoria |
Previous military service | 47a Senior Cadets (4 years); 47th Infantry in Oakleigh (2 years) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th General (Victorian) Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on |
Fate | No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll |
Place of burial | At Sea |
Commemoration details | Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 185 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Spelt MATHRICK |
Other details |
Embarked Melbourne, 31 August 1918. Found guilty, 25 September 1918, of causing a disturbance on the troop deck after lights' out: awarded 48 hours detention. Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 11 October 1918 (influenza). Died, 17 October 1918. Buried, at sea, 17 October 1918. Medal: British War Medal. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MATRICK Cecil Benjamin |