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MATTHEWS, Gordon Frederick

Service Number:	SX11449
Enlisted:	25 February 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	Lark Force
Born:	St Peters, South Australia, 1 September 1921
Home Town:	Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	East Adelaide School Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

World War 2 Service

25 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX11449, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , Lance Bombadier RAA
25 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Bombardier, SX11449
1 Jul 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Bombardier, SX11449, Lark Force, Australia's Northern Periphery, Heavy Battery Rabaul (Coastal Battery) RAA
1 Jul 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX11449, Lark Force, Prisoners of War, Lance Bombadier RAA - Lost on Montevideo Maru

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