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MATTHEWS, Henry Robert

Service Number:	1699
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Augusta, South Australia, 1 September 1890
Home Town:	Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 16 July 1946, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Catholic Path 10 Grave 694B
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Port Augusta Christ Church Memorial Altar

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1699, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1699, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Wounded 1699, 48th Infantry Battalion

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