MATTHEWS, Norman Edgar
| Service Number: | 157 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Provost Corps |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental, Egypt, 4 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery F 192 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 157, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 157, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 157, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Provost Corps | |
| 3 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Provost Corps | |
| 6 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Provost Corps | |
| 6 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Provost Corps | |
| 6 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Provost Corps | |
| 6 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Provost Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
Norman was a Gallipoli veteran.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Norman Edgar Matthews (Service No:157) enlisted in the AIF on 22 August 1914 - he had served three years with the Cadets and twelve months with the Australian Light Horse prior to enlistment. Trooper Matthews embarked from Sydney on 21 December 1914 on board HMAT Suevic. He served with 1st and 6th Light Horse Regiments before transferring to Anzac Provost Corps as a Private on 3 June 1916. Promoted to Corporal on 20 June 1916, he had been evacuated from Gallipoli and hospitalised in Malta and England before returning to Egypt. On 4 February 1917, Corporal Matthews was riding out to Heliopolis to quell a disturbance when his horse swerved and collided with another horse. Corporal Matthews was thrown to the ground, and initially appeared dazed - he died later that day at 14th Australian General Hospital as a result of injuries to his head and chest and was buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
Born in 1894 in Goulburn NSW, Norman was the youngest of nine children of William Matthews (b1851 in Gloucestershire, England) and Mary Jane Mulholland (b1853 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland). William had immigrated with his parents and siblings in 1858, Arriving in Sydney NSW on board the Golconda and Mary had arrived with her parents and siblings in 1862 on board the Ocean Empress. William (an Engine Stoker) and Mary married in 1877 in Picton, NSW and settled in Goulburn where they raised their family and William was an Engine Driver. William died in 1913 following a fall from the engine he was driving.
Norman was a Clerk in Goulburn NSW prior to enlistment in the AIF. Norman's older brothers - William Charles (Boer War and WWI), Charles (Selby), Horace James and Reginald John - also served in WWI.
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