CARRAGHER, Matthew
| Service Number: | 4771 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 February 1917, 13th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lancashire England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Le Hamel, France, 4 July 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Crucifix Corner Cemetery Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 23, Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie, France, Longueau British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4771, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4771, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4771, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4771 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
Help us honour Matthew Carragher's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Matthew was the son of John and Elizabeth CARRAGHER. He was a native of Barrow-in-Furness, England
He was a Boilermaker living at St Peters at the time of his enlistment in January 1917.
He embarked for war service in Adelaide on the 23 June 1917; disembarking in Plymouth, England, eight weeks later on 25 August 1917.
Newly arrived soldiers went through a structured training progam to prepare them for the rigours and realities of life on the Western Front and Matthem marched out of 8th Training Bn, Hurdcott and into the 15th Training Bn, Codford on the 5 November 1917.
He proceeded overseas to France, on 18 December 1917 and marched into the Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 19 December 1917.
After administrative processing he proceeded to his unit on 20 December 1917 and was taken on strength of the 43rd Bn, in the field, 24 December 1917.
Matthew served through the spring of 1918, through the German Spring Offensive and then the period known as 'Peaceful Penetration'. He was killed in action in the battle that would show how the war would be won at Le Hamel, 4 July 1918.
His body was receovered and he is buried nearby at Crucifix Corner Cemtery near the town of Villers Bretonneux.
Compiled by Steve Larkins March 2019
Click images to start slideshow.