Matthew Thomas SILVA

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Service Number:	3233
Enlisted:	11 August 1915, Holdsworthy
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 February 1893
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ferry Master
Died:	Killed in Action, Demicourt, France, 15 April 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorate on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

11 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3233, 17th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3233, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3233, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion
22 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3233, 4th Infantry Battalion, GSW right hand (fingers)
30 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 3233, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3233 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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