William Donald MATTHEW

MATTHEW, William Donald

Service Numbers: DX861, DP9, NP10278
Enlisted: 12 December 1939, Not Known
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gundagai, NSW, 1 August 1916
Home Town: Toorak Gardens, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling: Sydney Grammar School
Occupation: Military Officer
Died: Killed in Action, Bougainville, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 7 June 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Darwin War Memorial, East Point Memorial Wall, Rabaul Chapel 26th Infantry Battalion Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

12 Dec 1939: Involvement Major, DX861
12 Dec 1939: Involvement Major, DP9
12 Dec 1939: Involvement Major, NP10278
12 Dec 1939: Enlisted Not Known
12 Dec 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, DX861, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William and Bessie Ilma Matthew; husband of Gloria Napier Matthew, of Toorak Gardens, South Australia.

"IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM..."

Major W. D. Matthew, son of Mrs. W. I. Muntz, of Goulburn, has been reported killed in action at Bougainville.
Major Matthew graduated at Duntroon and has been on active service since the war began. He saw service in Darwin, New Guinea and the Solomons. Word of his death on June 7  came yesterday.
He was a Sydney Grammar School boy and a University "blue" in boxing. He leaves a wife and two young children. 
At the meeting of the Hospital board reference was made to the death of Major Matthew, and a tribute paid by members standing.

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