HOY, Matthew
| Service Number: | 25 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Headquarters Staff |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, October 1878 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Effects of war service, Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 August 1925 |
| Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Melbourne Town Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 25, Headquarters Staff | |
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| 15 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Headquarters Staff | |
| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 25, Headquarters Staff, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 25, Headquarters Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 25, Headquarters Staff, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to shoulder | |
| 5 Nov 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Services on Gallipoli | |
| 1 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 25, Headquarters Staff, 3rd MD - MU due to GSW to shoulder |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 25 Corporal Matthew Hoy MID of Kensington, Victoria had been employed as a labourer when he enlisted for War Service on the 17th of August 1914. Matthew was allocated to Headquarters 1st Australian Division 1st AIF and was embarked for Egypt and further training, departing Australia on the 22nd of October.
By the 5th of April Matthew was embarked for Lemnos Island in preparations for the landing at Gallipoli on the 25th of April for which Matthew was present. Remaining on duty in the trenches until the 20th of May, Matthew was evacuated for hospitalisation in Malta after being struck by shrapnel which caused serious wounds to his back, shoulder and arm. For his services on Gallipoli Matthew was Mentioned in Despatches.
From Malta Matthew was sent across to England for more specialised care, arriving on the 15th of August, where his injuries could be better diagnosed. It was determined that Matthew was suffering paralysis of his arm, with his shoulder being too damaged to be repaired for him to return to active service. Matthew was embarked for his repatriation to Australia as an invalid on the 19th of January 1916 and following his arrival he was further hospitalized, within the 5th Australian General Hospital (Melbourne) where he would undergo continuous treatment for the wounds he had received on Gallipoli.
Officially discharged from the 1st AIF by the start of September 1916, Matthew was re-entered into civilian life during which his health only further deteriorated and by the 27th of August 1924 he was committed into the Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park). Matthew died whilst still in residence on the 22nd of August 1925 at the age of 44. Following his passing Matthew was interred within Coburg Cemetery, Victoria.
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