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

 

Kew Rotary