John Duncan MATHESON

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MATHESON, John Duncan

Service Number:	5119
Enlisted:	18 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ross Shire, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Exeter, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Master Mariner
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5119, 27th Infantry Battalion
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5119, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5119, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 5119, 32nd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Wounded 5119, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He appears to have been known by his middle name of Duncan as he is shown on the Plockton War Memorial as D. Matheson.

He enlisted 18 April 1916 and showed his Next of Kin as his mother, Mrs Catherine Matheson, Plockton, Rosshire, Scotland.

He was a labourer in Adelaide, South Australia.

He served in the 27th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
which embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A37 Barambah on 27 June 1916

He returned to Australia 23 July 1918

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