COLQUHOUN, Matthew Miller
| Service Numbers: | 1530, 1430 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1914, Liverpool, NSW - 3rd Reinforcements 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Pulmonary tuberculosis, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 22 October 1943, aged 52 years |
| Cemetery: |
Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales Presbyterian Cemetery Botany |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW - 3rd Reinforcements 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1430, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Undertook defensive operations to establish ANZACs on the narrow beachhead that had been captured on the peninsula | |
| 20 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Dardanelles - remained in bivouac | |
| 20 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Transfer to hospital Mudros [Island of Lemnos] | |
| 24 Dec 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Rejoined Battalion Mudros [Island of Lemnos] | |
| 24 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Lemnos / Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt 3/1/1916 to Tel el Kebir training camp Egypt [between Cairo and the Suez Canal] | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, British Expeditionary Force [BEF] - Embarked Alexandria / Disembarked Marseilles 8/6/1916 | |
| 29 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Bayonet wound right ankle (severe) | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked H.S. 'Panama' / Le Havre for England - admitted Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital, Glamorgan 5/9/16 | |
| 10 Jan 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Southampton for France - 11/1/18 marched in Le Havre 13/1/18 marched out to unit 26/1/18 rejoined unit | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW left shoulder & GSW left forearm (severe) - 19/9/1918 admitted No.12 General Hospital Rouen | |
| 21 Sep 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked France on H.S. 'Carsbrook Castle' - invalided UK to No.3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford | |
| 3 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Return to Australia Hospital Transport 'Orontes' for GSW left forearm | |
| 3 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 2 M.D. Medically Unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 8th name inscribed is Private Matthew Miller Colquhoun.
On the Saturday afternoon of the 23rd October 1943, Private Matthew Miller Colquhoun, 13th Battalion (Reg No-1530 not 1430), miner from Back Creek, Minmi, New South Wales and 51 James Street, Hamilton, N.S.W. (1931) and 76 Bowman Street, Swansea, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Botany Cemetery, N.S.W. (Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, N.S.W.), age 51 years 10 months.
Matthew had died on the 22nd October 1943 at the Prince of Wales Military Hospital, Randwick, N.S.W. from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Born at West Wallsend, New South Wales on the 2nd December 1891 as Mathew to George, died 2.3.1923, George Street, Mayfield East, N.S.W., age 68, buried at Sandgate Cemetery, N.S.W., PRESBYTERIAN-19SW. 33, from 5 Omara Street, Tighes Hill, N.S.W., formerly of Minmi, N.S.W., and Margaret Colquhoun nee Drummond, died 4.3.1933, 33 Cameron Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 78, mother of 7 (5 sons, 2 daughters), sleeping at Sandgate Cemetery, N.S.W., PRESBYTERIAN-19SW. 33, formerly of Minmi, N.S.W.; husband of Agnes Lillian M Colquhoun nee Reid, married 1932, Lambton, N.S.W. as MATHEW M, Agnes died 16.5.1975, Newcastle, N.S.W. as COLQUHUON, age 82, 31 years a widow, sleeping at Sandgate Cemetery, N.S.W., CATHOLIC 1-N Com. 26, from Lot 2, Main Road, Mount Hutton, N.S.W. (1967).
Matthew enlisted on the 4th December 1914, age 23 years, at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on the 11th February 1915.
Wounded in action - 20.5.1915 (not stated, Gallipoli), 29.8.1916 (bayonet wound right ankle, mild), 18.9.1918 (GSW left shoulder & left forearm, severe).
Invalided to England 21.9.1918.
Admitted to hospital 22.9.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 20.12.1918.
Matthew arrived home invalided on the 3rd February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 13th May 1919.
Received all 3 War Medals.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 22/10/1943.
Officially commemorated - 7/8/1945.
https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html.... Note: Reg Number inscribed 1530.
Matthew’s name has also been inscribed on the Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour.
Younger brother Charles Ferguson Colquhoun, born 15.7.1889, Joadja Creek, New South Wales, wheeler from Back Creek, Minmi, New South Wales and 34 Roslyn Avenue, Maryville, N.S.W., enlisted 15.1.1916, age 26 years 6 months, 34th Battalion, Reg No-1086, Private, unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916, disembarked Plymouth, England 23.6.1916, proceeded O/Seas to France from Folkestone, England 2.11.1916, taken on Strength 19th Battalion, France, 19.11.1916, Reg No-1086A, transferred to 20th Battalion 11.10.1918, commenced return to Australia 1.11.1919, RTA 15th December 1919, discharged 16th December 1919, died 29.7.1928, age 39, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, N.S.W., PRESBYTERIAN-10NW. 5, the 32rd name inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour of those who returned home from The Great War.
I would like to see poppies placed at Matthew’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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