MATCOTT, Albert Ernest
| Service Number: | 3564 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 21 July 1884 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 April 1943, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3564 | |
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| 13 Sep 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3564, Discharge at own request | |
| 10 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3564, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 3564, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 3564, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Nov 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3564, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, per HMT Marathon D27 | |
| 22 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3564, 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Albert was the second of six children of William Thomas Matcott (b1855 in Adelaide, South Australia) and Mary Jane Ball Jilbert (b1858 in Cornwall, England). William - a Miner- and Mary married in 1880 in California Gully, Bendigo, Victoria where they raised their family.
Albert was a Pastry Cook in Melbourne, Victoria when he married Annie Elizabeth Appleby (b1880 in Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria). In 1915 Albert enlisted briefly in the AIF, Discharging at his own request. By 1917 when he re-enlisted, Albert was a Widower with four children. He served with 3rd Pioneer Battalion (Private; Service No:3564) and was Discharged in January 1919.
Returning to Melbourne, Albert worked as a Labourer and in 1921 married Mary Emily Hughes (b1899 in Gisborne, Victoria). Albert and Mary settled in Melbourne where Albert worked as a Labourer. He died in 1943 and Mary in 1985.