MATTHEWS, John Hamilton
| Service Number: | 687 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cootamundra, NSW, 13 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Manly, Sydney, NSW, 6 April 1965, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 687, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 687, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 687, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
JOHN HAMILTON MATTHEWS, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Matthews, was born at Cootamundra, New South Wales, on 13th April, 1893.
He was educated at the Sydney Grammar School, and joined the service of the Bank on 28th October, 1910, at Wagga Wagga. His subsequent appointments were to Coolamon in January, 1911; Young in October, 1911; Bathurst in February, 1912; and Cooma in June, 1912.
He enlisted in August, 1914, and after a period of training in Egypt, from December, 1914, to April, 1915, he took part in the landing at Gallipoli on 25th April, 1915, and remained on the peninsula until July, when he was invalided to Malta and England.
In December he returned to Egypt and proceeded to France in June, but was wounded and taken prisoner by the Germans at Fleurbaix on 19th July, 1916. He was eventually repatriated to Switzerland in January, 1918. During his service in the A.I.F. he received numerous promotions, and had attained the rank of captain during the month in which he was taken prisoner.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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