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Matthew ANGUS

Regimental number1080
Place of birthBalmullo, Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
SchoolBalmullo
Other trainingFarm service
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Mary Angus, Balmullo, Lenchars, Fifeshire, Scotland
Enlistment date1 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 January 1917
Place of death or woundingEl Azish, Egypt
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 230), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
3
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Mary ANGUS, Balmullo, Leuchars, Fife, Scotland

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