MATHESON, Joseph James
| Service Number: | 2643 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Train |
| Born: | Nabiac, New South Wales Australia , 4 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Nabiac, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 27 June 1970, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-98. 162. |
| Memorials: | Coolongolook & District Honour Roll, Nabiac Wang Wauk Soldiers Memorial Church Honour Roll, Nabiac War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2643, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2643, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2643, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 18 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2643, 5th Divisional Train, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
55 years ago today, on the 30th June 1970, Driver Joseph James Matheson, 5th Australian Divisional Train, Australian Army Service Corps (Reg No-2643), labourer from Nabiac, New South Wales and Yungaburra, North Queensland (1926) and Home Hill, Queensland (1939) and 177 Maitland Road, Tighes Hill, N.S.W. (1954) and Hamilton?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 76. CATHOLIC 3-98. 162.
Not married.
Born at Nabiac, New South Wales on the 4th October 1893 to Thomas, died 10.6.1935, Taree, N.S.W., age 79, funeral notice states buried Dawson River Cemetery, no Find a Grave located, from Minimbah, N.S.W., and Eileen (Ellen) Matheson, died?, Joe enlisted on the 9th June 1915 with the 2nd Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A54 Runic on the 9th August 1915.
Admitted to hospital 22.10.1915 (mumps, slight).
Transferred to 54th Battalion 14.2.1916.
Granted leave to England from 5.9.1918 to 20.9.1918.
Transferred to 56th Battalion 11.10.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 7.4.1919.
Joe arrived home on the 25th May 1919, being discharged on the 18th July 1919.
Mr. Matheson’s name has been inscribed on the Coolongolook & District Honour Roll, Nabiac Wang Wauk Soldiers Memorial Church Honour Roll, Nabiac War Memorial and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Joe’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Older brother William Patrick, born 5.12.1891, Nabiac, New South Wales, labourer or station hand from Nabiac, New South Wales, enlisted 9.6.1915, discharged medically unfit, defective teeth, re-enlisted 26.4.1916, discharged medically unfit for active service.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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