Edgar Wyndham MATTHEWS

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MATTHEWS, Edgar Wyndham

Service Number:	PS/1405
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Unspecified British Units
Born:	Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	District Surveyor
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 10 January 1916
Cemetery:	Cambrin Military Cemetery, Cambrin, France E 13
Memorials:	Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Private, PS/1405, Unspecified British Units

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Biography contributed

Son of William MATTHEWS and Ellen nee FAWE

MATTHEWS—On January 12 killed in action in France, Edgar Wyndham Matthews, C Company, 16th Middlesex Regiment, late District Surveyor, Tampin, F. Malay States.

Mr Edgar Wyndham
Matthews (W.A.), who came to England from Singapore, has enlisted as a, private in the 16th Middlesex Regiment, and is now stationed at Woldingham in Surrey.

MATTHEWS.—On January 12, in France, 16th Middlesex Regiment, Edgar Wyndham, youngest son of the late Ellen Matthews, of Preston.

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