Louis Nelson MATTHEWS

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Service Number:	138
Enlisted:	8 February 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hindmarsh, South Australia, 29 October 1888
Home Town:	Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Acid tubercle lung, Weymouth, Dorset England, United Kingdom, 4 July 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England Plot II, Row C, Grave 3192, Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Way Memorial Methodist Church Honour Roll

8 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 138, 27th Infantry Battalion
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 138, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 138, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide

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