MATTHEWS, Henry Hooper
| Service Number: | 10445 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Heidelberg, Melbourne, Vic., 1897 |
| Home Town: | Heidelberg, Banyule, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School; Trinity College; Melbourne University |
| Occupation: | University Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Armentieres, France, 4 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres I J 8, Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Heidelberg War Memorial, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 10445, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 10445, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Afric, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
HENRY HOOPER MATTHEWS who was killed in action in France on 4th July 1916 was the son of Mr. G. F. Matthews. He was born in 1897 and entered the School in 1910 and left at the end of 1913. He was in the School rifle team in 1913 and passed the junior Public Examination that year. He entered Trinity College in 1915 and passed his first year Law.
He enlisted in 1915 and was at first in the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, but subsequently was transferred to a machine gun company.
He was one of the Anzac heroes, fighting through the Gallipoli campaign, and was wounded there. He was killed in his first action in France near Armentieres.
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