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MCINTYRE, Matthew
| Service Number: | 6795 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | August 1888, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Keith, Tatiara, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Keith, South Australia, 2 April 1964, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Keith Cemetery, Tatiara Council, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Keith War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6795, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6795, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6795, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 6 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6795, 10th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), SW buttock | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6795, 10th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, GSW left thigh |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Matthew was born in Victoria in 1888. Before Matthew’s enlistment into the army he worked as a farmer. He did not have any previous military service prior to World War One. His next of kin was his mother Mrs. Ellen Gulliford McIntyre and Matthew also had a brother who was in the military and his name was Archibald Edward McIntyre.
Unfortunately, his brother was killed in action on the 5th of May 1917. Matthew first enlisted on the 1st of September 1916. He embarked on the 7th of November 1916 and on the ship HMAT Afric, as part of the 10th Battalion. During his service, he was never moved to another unit.
Matthew was wounded in action at Bullecourt on 6 May 1917, in the left buttock. After recuperating in England, he rejoined his unit in late August. He was wounded againat at Amiens on 10 August 1918, this time in the left thigh. This kept him out of action for the rest of the war.
He received two different medals for his actions during the war and they were the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He returned back to Australia on the 19th of February 1919 and lived to the age of 76. When he passed the place of his burial was the Keith Cemetery in South Australia.