Eric John MATTHEWS

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MATTHEWS, Eric John

Service Number:	53931
Enlisted:	14 April 1942, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
Born:	Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, 14 September 1905
Home Town:	Finley, Berrigan, New South Wales
Schooling:	State School
Occupation:	Garage Proprietor
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Finley, New South Wales, Australia, Finley, New South Wales, Australia, 29 December 1942, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Deniliquin War Cemetery, New South Wales Plot D Row A Grave 6
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 53931
14 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 53931, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty, Melbourne, Vic.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George Cole Matthews and Elizabeth Jane Matthews; husband of Florence Evelyn Matthews, of Finley.

L.A.C. Matthews was killed in his home town, Finley, NSW as a result of a collison between a motor cycle ridden by him and a motor truck, the property of Hitchinson's Finley Flour Milling & Agency Co. Pty. Ltd. and driven by one, Arthur Albert Hodges. At the time, L.A.C. Matthews was returning to his Unit from leave. The accident occurred in Murray Strreet, Finley at approximately 12.20pm on Tuesday 29th December 1942. The accident has been the subject of a Court of Enquiry and from evidence gathered, it appears that the collision was due to the failure of L.A.C. Matthews to keep a proper lookout. A Coronial Enquiry has since been held at Finley and the Coroner found that no blame was attachable to the driver of the motor truck.

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