Arthur Francis MATTHEWS

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MATTHEWS, Arthur Francis

Service Number:	475
Enlisted:	24 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, February 1893
Home Town:	Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Kings College Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1916
Cemetery:	Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Ration Farm Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 9), La Chapelle d'Armentieres, France, Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Heidelberg War Memorial, Tara Shire WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 475, 9th Infantry Battalion
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 475, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 475, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 475, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Dec 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company
4 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 475, 6th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 475 awm_unit: 6th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-04

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Brothers: 21 2/LT Frederick William Hordern Matthews (DCM), killed in action, 9 November 1916 ; 10445 Driver Henry Hooper Matthews, killed in action, 4 July 1916.

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