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Matthew Harry FAWCETT

Regimental number4330
Place of birthFitzroy Victoria
SchoolKings College
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlumber
AddressCharles Street, Bunbury, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Mrs L Fawcett, Regent House, 158 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date24 April 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried at Querrieu Cemetery
FateDied of wounds 13 June 1918
Place of death or woundingHeilly
Age at death44
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialQuerrieu British Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 39), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew and Adelaide Louise FAWCETT; husband of Lizzie FAWCETT, 88 Vincent Street, Perth, Western Australia. Native of Fitzroy, Victoria

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