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William Rodgers MATHEWS

Regimental number7023
Place of birthNewcastle New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressCharlestown, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs M D Mathews, Charlestown, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAeroplane Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 6), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
41
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry James and Martha Douglas MATHEWS, Charlestown, New South Wales. Native of Tighe's Hill, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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