MATHERS, Frank
| Service Number: | 647 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Served through the China War, for which he has a Medal and two Bars for the relief of Peking etc. |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 14th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | London, England, August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Catherine Hill Bay, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | London County Council School, England |
| Occupation: | Machine driver |
| Died: | Illness - Perforation of Duodenum, Belton Military Hospital, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England , United Kingdom, 22 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Grantham Cemetery, Lincolnshire, England Plot 16, Row B, Grave No. 12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Catherine Hill Bay Great War Honour Roll of Soldiers, Swansea Catherine Hill Bay Cornstalk Lodge No 226 G.U.O.F.G Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 647, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Served through the China War, for which he has a Medal and two Bars for the relief of Peking etc. | |
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| 29 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 647, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 647, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement 647, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 647 awm_unit: 14 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1916-12-22 |
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Died on this date - 22nd December.......CSM Frank Mathers was born at at Fulham, London, England in 1883. He joined the Royal Navy on 28th January, 1898. He served for 14 years before being invalided out & had attained the rank of Leading Seaman.
Frank Mathers joined the Australian Imperial Force on 26th August, 1914 as a 33 year old Machine Driver from Catherine Hill Bay, NSW. He embarked on 5th April, 1915 from Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Gallipoli Campaign. He was promoted to Corporal on 22nd June, 1915 & transferred to Hospital at Cairo on 6th August, 1915.
Corporal Mathers was transferred to 14th Machine Gun Comany on 26th March, 1916 then promoted to C.S.M. (Company Sergeant Major) from 17th April, 1916.
Company Sergeant Major Frank Mathers arrived in France on 25th June, 1916. He was hospitalised in August, 1916 & invalided to England. He recovered & was sent on furlough then marched in to Machine Gun Training Depot at Grantham, Lincolnshire on 23rd November, 1916.
CSM Mathers was admitted to Belton Hospital, Grantham on 19th December, 1916 & died at 8.50 am on 22nd December, 1916 from Perforation of Duodenum. He was buried in Grantham Cemetery, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
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