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Carl Maynard Dela Hunt MATTHEWS

Regimental number69
Place of birthBlayney, New South Wales
Other NamesKarl Maynard Delahunt
SchoolSydney Grammar School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAccountant
AddressCavan, Blayney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, James Delah Hunt Matthews, Cavan, Blayney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Machine Gun Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularLay reader, Cessnock Church of England, Hunter District, New South Wales
FateKilled in Action 22 January 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 25), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Christ Church Anglican Church, Blayney, New South Wales. Inscription on plaque reads: 'qui ante periit, sed miles sed pro patria'. Parents: James and Charlotte MATTHEWS, Cavan, Church Street, Blayney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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