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MATHESON, Roy Lawrence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX34143 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1940, Enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia, 22 February 1911 |
| Home Town: | Mordialloc, Kingston, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 26 October 1942, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery Plot A11, Row H, Grave 16 Headstone inscription reads: For ever we will remember.Your loved one Edith and children Roll of Honour - Mordialloc, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX34143 | |
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| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX34143, Enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria | |
| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX34143, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Nov 1940: | Embarked Private, VX34143, Embarked on board HMT Strathmore at Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Robert and Margaret Isobel Mattheson;, husband of Edith Rae Matheson of Moonee Ponds, Victoria. Father of Dorothy May Matheson, Edith Rae Matheson and Victor Roy Matheson
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australian Sevice Medal