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MATTHEWS, Percival Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 560 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 2 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Glencoe, Wattle Range, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix Row O. Grave 35. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, Mount Gambier War Memorial, The South Australian National War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 560, Depot Battalion (AIF), Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 560, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 560, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 560, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania" | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 560, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 560, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 560, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
Personal Stories
Percival Roy Matthews
A year after his enlistment and just a month after arriving in France, Percival Roy Matthews (a farm labourer from Glencoe in the south east of South Australia) was only 20 years old when he was killed in a battle described as the worst 24 hours in Australian history, the Battle of Fromelles.
Submitted 6 August 2017 by Kathy Gandolfi
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