MATTHEWS, Thomas Herbert
| Service Numbers: | NX73984, NX73984, |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1914 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver Mechanic |
| Died: | Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1965, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Peak Hill Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Peak Hill and District WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73984 | |
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| 23 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73984, 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment AMF, embarked Sydney for Middle East | |
| 28 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73984, 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment AMF, embarked Middle East for Sydney | |
| 9 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73984,, 2nd/3rd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, embarked Cairns for Milne Bay on board HT Allen | |
| 8 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73984, 2nd/3rd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, embarked Finschafen for Townsville on board the Duntroon | |
| 30 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX73984, embarked Cairns for Morotai en route to Balikapan on board SS Both | |
| 8 Nov 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX73984, emplaned Balikapan for mainland | |
| 25 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73984 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Gunner Thomas Herbert Matthews (Service No:NX73984) enlisted in the AIF on 9 December 1941 as a Private with General Details Depot and servedd with Field Training Regiments - Driver Mechanic. Posted to 2/3 Tank Attack Regiment, Gunner Matthews served in the Middle East (23 August 1942 - 28 February 1943), New Guinea (9 August 1943 - 8 May 1944) and Borneo (30 July 1945 - 8 November 1945). Gunner Matthews was attached to 2/3 Tank Attack Regiment at Discharge on 25 January 1946. He was one of five brothers (Lindsay, Jack, D'arcy and Neville) who served in WWII.
Tom was born at Peak Hill, NSW in 1914, eighth of ten children of Sidney Richard Matthews (b1882 in Obley via Molong, NSW) and Emily Mary Clarissa Tyler (b1882 in Cobar, NSW). Sidney and Emily (both 17 years of age) married in 1900 in Peak Hill, where they settled and raised their family, and Sidney was an Auctioneer (partner in the firm Messrs Roache and Matthews). By 1930, Sidney and Emily had moved to Sydney, where Sidney worked as a Clerk.
Tom was working as a Bookmaker in Sydney where, in 1940, he married Sylvia Beach (b1913) - Sylvia was a Saleswoman in Coogee. Tom was a Driver Mechanic in Sydney when he enlisted in the Army in 1941, and following his Discharge in 1946, he and Sylvia separated. Sylvia died in Waverley, NSW in 1959 and Tom died in Peak Hill, NSW in 1965.
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