DAKIN, Matt
| Service Number: | 947 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Winton, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Manager |
| Died: | Strathbowen Station, Queensland, Australia, 15 November 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Winton General Cemetery, Qld RSL 42 |
| Memorials: | Winton & District Roll of Honour WW1, Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 947, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Winton, Qld. | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 947, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 947, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
On return to Australia after the war, Matt returned to Winton and worked for the Mitchell and Banning families, and was droving down the Bulloo River, where he contracted typhoid fever which left him with a weak heart. While caretaking at Strathbowen Station he died and was buried on the bank of the dam on 15th November 1954.
His remains were later exhumed and buried in the RSL Section of the Winton Cemetery 18 June 1956.
Those who knew Matt daken, remembered him as a good man in the bush, a reliable stockman, and with a rifle in his hands, would have been a great asset to his mates during the war.
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