Frank Walter MATTHEWS

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Service Number:	153
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	6th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Barmedman, New South Wales, 1888
Home Town:	Tullamore, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mounted Policeman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 17 September 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row B, Grave 9 Rev. J. Hearn officiated Headstone inscription reads: In memory of a loved husband G.Matthews & son Frank, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 153, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 153, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 153, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
17 Sep 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 153, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 153 awm_unit: 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-09-17

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Son of Elizabeth Kearney Matthews of Tullamore, NSW.

Husband of Sarah Gertrude Matthews of Barrington Street, Gloucester, NSW. Father of Frank Walter Matthews

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Meal, Victory Medal