Archibald John MATHESON

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MATHESON, Archibald John

Service Numbers:	1317, 647
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Walhalla, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1881
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Walhalla State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Natural Causes, Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1 March 1972, aged 90 years
Cemetery:	Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1317, Depot Battalion (AIF), Perth, Western Australia
1 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1317, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Did not embark with battalion -- To -- Exhibition Camp -- Casula, New South Wales
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1317, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
14 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, Mining Corps, Oath retaken and subscribed at -- Casula, New South Wales -- Re-allocated service number
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- France
10 Jul 1917:	Imprisoned The Affair at Nieuport (Battle of the Sand Dunes), P.O.W. -- Captured at Nieuport, France
10 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Interred -- P.O.W. -- Dulman, West Germany
23 Dec 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Embarked -- Repatriation P.O.W. -- Calais, France for England per "Unknown"
23 Dec 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Disembarked -- Repatriation -- Dover, England
27 Jan 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, No. 1 Australian Command Depot (AIF), Marched in -- from HQ AIF London -- Sutton Veny, England
12 Feb 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, No. 2 Australian Command Depot (AIF), Marched in -- from No. 1 Command Depot -- Weymouth, England
3 Mar 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Embarked -- Portland, England for -- Australia per H.T. "Euripides"
10 Apr 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Disembarked -- 5th M.D. Western Australia, Australia
3 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 647, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharge from service -- Demobilisation T.P.E. -- 5th M.D. Western Australia, Australia

Archie Matheson

Archie was born 15 December 1881 in Walhalla, Victoria.
The son of Annie (Wheeler), and John Matheson.
He attended Walhalla State School.
Was an apprentis butcher.
Married Agnes Burtt 1910 in Claremont, Western Australia.
Enlisted July 1915.Taken Prisoner of War, 1917

Submitted 24 July 2022 by Mrs M Pidgeon

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