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MATHESON, Donald McKay
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 354 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Mining Corps |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Grave VI. O. 25., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 354, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 354, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 354, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 354, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 10 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 354, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 354 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-11-10 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was a Sapper with the 1st Company, Australian Tunnelling Corps.
He was the son of Mrs. M. Matheson of 6 Victoria Place, Port Bannatyne, Bute.
He is commemorated on the North Bute War Memorial-North Bute is the northernmost parish of Bute island, Buteshire, bounded SE by Rothesay parish. Its church stands in the dingle between Kames and Etterick Bays, 1 mile W of Port Bannatyne, and 3½ miles NW of Rothesay; and its post-town is Port Bannatyne.
He is also commemorated on the Port Bannatyne war memorial but there his name is spelled Mathieson
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