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MATTHEWS, Frederick Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX22340 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 19 November 1900 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 21 May 1948, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Buried as VX22340 F V Mathews DVA Grave Site. |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX22340 | |
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| 21 Sep 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 7 Training Battalion, Transferred to 2/7 Training Battalion Darley Camp Victoria | |
| 15 Feb 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd Training Battalion, Transfered from Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park Victoria ex 7 Training Battalion Darley. | |
| 5 Jun 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 7th reinforcement’s for 2/7th Battalion Middle East. Gaza. | |
| 21 Nov 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX22340, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit debility old age /bronchitis for discharge medical class D. | |
| 5 Mar 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX22340, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Bronchitis/Old Age. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Address on discharge 15 Albert Street Richmond Victoria
Stated to be born 1900/ Subsequent statutory Declaration date of birth 1887; Fitzroy Victoria.