MATTHEWS, Sidney Thomas
| Service Number: | N264248 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 31 August 1903 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Barman |
| Died: | Macksville, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1979, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macksville General Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N264248 | |
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| 14 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N264248 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Sidney Thomas Matthews (Service No:N264248) served with the ACMF from 12 January 1942 to 14 May 1946. Private Matthews - graded Cook - was attached to 3 Base Postal Unit, 32 Coy AASC, and 24 and 12 LoC Signals.
Mick was born in Peak Hill, NSW in 1903, sixth of seven children of William Matthews (b1870 in Yeoval, NSW) and his first wife Isabella Penman (b1873 in Lanarkshire, Scotland) - Isabella immigrated in 1876 with her parents and siblings, arriving in Brisbane QLD on board the Famenoth. William worked as a Mail Contractor in his mid teens, delivering mail on horseback between Obley and Tomingley, moving to Peak Hill in 1889, where he was the District's first Teamster. William and Isabella married in 1892 in Peak Hill, where they settled and raised their family - William worked as a Butcher and as Manager of Waratah Station and Waratah Stud Farm - he was also an inventor with a number of patents, including a poison cart for laying rabbit traps. William and Isabella divorced in 1911, both remarried.
Mick worked in Bowraville as a Labourer, and was a Barman in Sydney when he enlisted in the ACMF. Following his Discharge, Mick settled in Sydney, where he worked as a Labourer before retiring to Macksville in the Nambucca District, where he died in 1979.
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