Herbert Boon MATTHEWS

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Service Number:	NX35560
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

21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX35560, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX35560, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
19 Jan 1942:	Involvement Private, NX35560, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore

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