Charles MATTHEWS

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Service Number:	273
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lambeth, London, England, 1887
Home Town:	Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	South Lambeth Road, London, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 13, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 273, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
12 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Prior to embarking
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 273, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 273, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 25 years

Address at the time of enlistment was 31 Mount Street, Pyrmont, NSW

Son of Walter James Matthews and Emily Matthews of 3 Heyford Terrace, South Lambeth, London, England

Husband of Elizabeth Fanny Matthews of 68 Beaconsfield Road, Tolworth, Surrey, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served with the 4th Surrey Volumteers