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MATTEN, John
| Service Number: | 3726 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Corps School (AIF) |
| Born: | Bromley, Kent England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Lockleys, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3726, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3726, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Machine Gun Company | |
| 1 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3726, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Corps School (AIF), Australian Machine Gun Corps Depot UK (Training ) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Enlisted into the 16th Battalion, on arrival in Egypt John Matten was caught up in "The Doubling of the AIF", and the 16th was split to create the 48th Battalion in the 12th Brigade in the 4th Division.
He was taken on strength, 48th Bn, Tel-el-Kabir, Egypt, 9 March 1916.
The battalion embarked from Alexandria, Egypt, 2 June 1916 then disembarked Marseilles, France, 9 June 1916 from where they went north by rail to the vicinity of Armentieres.
He was reported Sick to hospital, 9 July 1916; rejoined unit, 12 July 1916 just in time for the Pozieres / Mouquet Farm battles. Having survived the carnage, he was appointed Lance Corporal, 15 February 1917.
He was then attached to the 12th Machine Gun Company for duty (from 48th Bn), 3 March 1917; taken on strength, 12th Machine Gun Company, 6 March 1917.
Promoted Temporary Corporal, 12 November 1917; Corporal, 1 January 1918. Detached to the Australian Corps Gas School, Peronne, France, 2 January 1918; rejoined unit from Gas School, 7 January 1918. Detached to the Australian Machine Gun Corps depot, England, 1 October 1918. Embarked for Australia, 9 March 1919; disembarked in Australia, from the 'Kashmir', 18 April 1919.
Joh Matten's total war service was 3 years 320 days (of which 3 years 146 days were abroad) in most of the key campaigns in which the 4th Division fought..
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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