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Walter Lindsay MATSON

Regimental number5459
Place of birthWandearah South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStorekeeper
AddressWood-wood via Swan Hill, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ellen Maud Matson, Woodwood via Swan Hill,Vic
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Hannah ROBERTS (formerly MATSON), and the late andrew MATSON; husband of Ellen MATSON, Nyah, Victoria. Native of Wanderah, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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