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MATTHEWS, Royston Oliver Carr

Service Number:	29
Enlisted:	17 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Clarendon, South Australia , 25 April 1890
Home Town:	Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wireless Operator
Died:	12 January 1959, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Jamestown St James Anglican Church Stained Glass Windows and Turner Brothers Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sapper, 29, 1st Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sapper, 29, 1st Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 29, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)

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