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MATTHEWS, Walter Fenwick

Service Number:	2082
Enlisted:	17 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Clarendon, South Australia, 26 May 1887
Home Town:	Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 27 May 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Bancourt British Cemetery
Memorials:	Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Jamestown St James Anglican Church Stained Glass Windows and Turner Brothers Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement 2082, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked 2082, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Adelaide
27 May 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-27
Date unknown:	Involvement 13th Field Artillery Brigade

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