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SLATTERY, William Matthew

Service Number:	300
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	21st Machine Gun Company
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Hit by a motor vehicle When crossing South Head road, New South Wales, Australia , 8 October 1934
Cemetery:	Randwick General Cemetery, New South Wales Row F, grave 8. Shared plot with his father William Henry Slattery.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 300, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 300, 5th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
21 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Machine Gun Company , France
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 300, 21st Machine Gun Company , Wounded in action in the field.
14 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal
14 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Machine Gun Company
23 May 2018:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 300, 21st Machine Gun Company , Returned to Australia "Field Marshall" List- GSW.

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