"The Last Post has sounded, you have laid aside your gun. Called Home"
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MATHEWS, Walter FenwickLieutenant
13th Field Artillery Brigade Born 26 May 1887 at Clarendon, SA Son of Walter Mathews and Emeline Louise nee FENWICK Of Clare, SA Occupation prior to enlistment Civil Servant Enlisted 19 August 1914 at Morphettville, SA Served in Alexandria, Tel-el-Kabir and France Killed in Action 27 May 1917 in France Aged 30 years Buried Bancourt British Cemetery, France II K 8 www.awm.gov.au P06388.001 |
MATTERS, Arthur TowersSecond Lieutenant
27th Battalion Born 28 February 1887 at Unley Park, South Australia Son of Thomas James MATTERS & Jane Beadnell nee WATERHOUSE Occupation prior to enlistment Licensed Land Broker Returned to Australia www.awm.gov.au P07159.072 All Australia Memorial SA Edition Section J |
MATTERS, Stuart WilliamSecond Lieutenant
1th Field Company Engineers Born 11 January 1889 at Malvern, SA Son of Thomas James MATTERS & Jane Beadnell nee WATERHOUSE Occupation prior to enlistment Surveyor Enlisted on 1 July 1915. Returned to Australia www.awm.gov.au P07159.123 All Australia Memorial SA Edition Section J |
Sydney Owen Clarence MATTHEWS
Service No 1458
Private
4th Battalion
Born 18 April, 1892 at Parkside, SA
Son of Sidney MATTHEWS & Emma Beatrice nee WILLIAMS.
Occupation prior to enlistment Orchardist.
He enlisted at Sydney, N.S.V., in December, 1914, and went into Liverpool Camp attached to the 4th Battalion. He went to Broadmeadows for training, and left for Egypt in January, 1915, arriving there in February, 1915. He went to Gallipoli on the 2nd May, 1915, and was killed in action on the 11th May, 1915, at Shrapnel Gully.
He was the eldest son of the family.
Buried 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery C28
Private
4th Battalion
Born 18 April, 1892 at Parkside, SA
Son of Sidney MATTHEWS & Emma Beatrice nee WILLIAMS.
Occupation prior to enlistment Orchardist.
He enlisted at Sydney, N.S.V., in December, 1914, and went into Liverpool Camp attached to the 4th Battalion. He went to Broadmeadows for training, and left for Egypt in January, 1915, arriving there in February, 1915. He went to Gallipoli on the 2nd May, 1915, and was killed in action on the 11th May, 1915, at Shrapnel Gully.
He was the eldest son of the family.
Buried 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery C28
MATTHEWS, Percival RoyService no 560
Private 32nd Battalion Born 02 February 1896 near Mount Gambier, SA Son of Thomas Harvey MATTHEWS & Mary nee GODFREY Killed in action 20 July 1916 in France www.awm.gov.au DA13399 |
MAXWELL, Edgar AlbertService no 2216
Private 50th Battalion Born 21 November 1891 at Manoora, SA Son of John MAXWELL & Sara Ann nee HARRIS Of Saddleworth, SA Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 01 May 1916 Served in France Killed in action 02 April 1917 in France Aged 25 years Buried Noreuil Australian Cemetery www.awm.gov.au P07739.002 |
MAXWELL, Norman BassilService no 4219
Temporary Corporal 10th Battalion Born 08 June 1894 at Manoora, SA Son of John MAXWELL & Sarrah Ann nee HARRIS Of Saddleworth, SA Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 26 August 1915 Died of appendicitis 24 December 1916 in France Aged 22 years Buried St. Sever Cemetery Extension www.awm.gov.au P07739.001 |
MAY, Percival HenryService Number 2398
27th Infantry Battalion Percival Henry May was born in Langhorne Creek in 1895 or 1896. His father was Henry May, and together they had moved to Meningie by the time that Percival enlisted. Percival enlisted on the 25th June, 1915. His age was recorded as 19 years and 9 months on one form and 18 years and 9 months on another. He was assigned to the 5th Reinforcement of the 27th Battalion. He embarked Adelaide on the 13th October 1915 aboard the "Themistocles". He participated in the 27th Battalion's first engagement on the Western Front at Pozieres in early August, 1916. He received a shrapnel wound to the head on the 4th of August in an attack on the O.G. 1 Trench, and died from this wound 6 days later at the 5th Australian Field Ambulance. Unfortunately his grave was lost in subsequent fighting in the area and his remembered on the wall of the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux. http://connectingspirits.com.au//pages/soldiers/2006-soldiers/percival-may.php |