Matthew Thomas HUCKS

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Service Number:	31823
Enlisted:	16 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Forest Lodge, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 27 April 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican area 2B, Grave 0345
Memorials:

16 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31823, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
2 Dec 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 31823, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
2 Dec 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 31823, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
3 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Trench Mortar Battery
1 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 31823, 5th Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis

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Postal address at time of enlistment was 'Langside', Phillip Street, Auburn, NSW

Son of William T. Hucks and Isabella Hucks of Glebe, NSW

Husband of Grace Hucks nee Harriott of Abercrombie Street, Redfern, NSW. Matthew and Grace Married during 1911c in Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 17 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal