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Cecil George MATTHEWS

Regimental number3098
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolRoachain State School, Western Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationRailway employee
AddressNortham, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, Henry William Matthews, Wellington Street, Northam, Western Australia
Enlistment date26 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 July 1918
Place of death or woundingHamel, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block Q, Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 5), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Elizabeth MATTHEWS, Wellington Street, Northam, Western Australia. Native of Sydney
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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