George Hector MATHEWS

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Service Number:	475
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia , 19 September 1887
Home Town:	Barcaldine, Barcaldine, Queensland
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 October 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barcaldine War Memorial Clock Tower, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

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18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 475, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 475, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
10 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 475, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 475 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-10

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