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Walter Fenwick MATTHEWS

Regimental number2082
Place of birthClarendon South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressJamestown, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Walter Alfred Matthews, Jamestown, South Australia
Previous military service34th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentQuartermaster Sergaent
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board TRANSPORT A7 Medic on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Division Artillery
FateKilled in Action 27 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Emmeline MATTHEWS, Clare, South Australia. Native of Clarendon

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