MATTHEWS (MATHEWS) W.A.
Given Names: Wilfred
Service Number: 650
Unit: 22nd Battalion, C Company
Rank: Private
Paybook Number: 22452
Age: 19 Yrs 4 Mths
Occupation: Picture Framer
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Methodist
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 8¾ In
Weight: 147 Lbs
Chest: 33-36 In
Hair: Dark
Eyes: Brown
Complexion: Dark
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 10/2/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER Stephen Matthews
Hepburn Street, Auburn, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 10/5/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Kashmir
Embarked: 9/3/1919
Disembarked: 30/4/1919
Unit: 2nd Divisional Signal Company
Rank: Lance Corporal
Discharge Date: 29/5/1919
Place:
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 18961
British War Medal: 13419
Victory Medal: 13325
Other: Military Medal
BIRTH
Date or Year: 8/10/1895
Place: Daylesford, Victoria
Father: Stephen James MATTHEWS
Mother: Elizabeth White THOMAS
MARRIAGE
Year: 1924
Place:
Spouse: Ethel McCONVILLE
DEATH
Date or Year: 1964
Place: Heidelberg, Victoria
Burial: ,
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church
Auburn State School
St Columbs Church
Auburn Uniting Church
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
Service Number: V91201
Date Enlisted: 3/2/1940
Date Discharged: 10/10/1945
COMMENTS