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MATTHEWS, Herbert Boon
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX35560 |
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Enlisted: | 21 June 1940, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia , 26 January 1916 |
Home Town: | Tallimba, Bland, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 19 January 1942, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Sp mem 19 E 5 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX35560, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales | |
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21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX35560, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion | |
19 Jan 1942: | Involvement Private, NX35560, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
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