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Mathew John BOSWELL

Regimental number2016
Place of birthWilliamstown, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationEngineer
AddressBarham, New South Wales
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation43
Height5' 11"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinDaughter, Mrs M Keck, Barham, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Voluntary Militia, Bendigo; left the district.
Enlistment date23 March 1917
Place of enlistmentGranville, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit nameRailway Unit, Section 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number15/9/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Australian Railway Operating Company
FateReturned to Australia 21 December 1917
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Other details

War service: England

Died in No 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick, 12 April 1918 (haemorrhage [pulmonary], aneuryism.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death12 April 1918
Age at death57
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales

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