MATTHEWS, Charles David
| Service Number: | 1859 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 7 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 21 February 1952, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-06. 122. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1859, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1859, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 1859, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 13 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1859, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW left foot | |
| 9 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1859, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW left arm - severe | |
| 25 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1859, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
70 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 22nd February 1952, Private Charles David Matthews, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1859), boilermaker (Rodgers Bros, Newcastle, N.S.W.), from 1 Arthur Street, Linwood, Newcastle, New South Wales and 37 Lewis Street, Maryville, N.S.W. and 18 Railway Street, Wickham, N.S.W., father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 61. ANGLICAN 1-06. 122.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 7th May 1890 to David M and Eliza Matthews; husband of Catherine Harding Matthews nee Bassett (married 1911, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 1921, sleeping here, 31 years a widower), Charles enlisted March 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 13.7.1917 (GSW left foot, mild), 7.5.1918 (GSW left arm, severe), Charles was invalided home February 1919, being discharged on the 25th July 1919.
Mr. Matthews’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Federated Society of Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders of Australia, Newcastle Branch, No.4 Honor Roll, Newcastle Federated Society of Boilermakers Roll of Honour and the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (2), photo, unveiled on the 24th May 1917, 192 names inscribed, photo courtesy of Ed Tonks OAM.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Charles’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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