MATHEWS  A.F.

Given Names:  Augustus Frederick

               

Service Number:  155

Unit:  5th Battalion, B Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  22 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Bank Clerk                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft  ½ In                    

Weight:  196 Lbs

Chest:  37-40 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Frederick Augustus Mathews

21 Mont Albert Road, East Kew, Victoria                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  21/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orvieto A3

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Star of England                                

Embarked:  12/12/1915                             

Disembarked:  29/1/1916

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  21/3/1916                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  502

British War Medal:  4719

Victory Medal:  4725

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1892

Place:  Burwood, Victoria                        

Father:  Frederick Augustus MATHEWS   

Mother:  Nina Mary DREW

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:             

Spouse: Minnie May HUNTER

 

DEATH

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Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 25/4/1915; gun shot wound, left thigh at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

St Hilary’s Church

Camberwell State School

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary