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Sergeant Alfred Matthews

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Sergeant Alfred Matthews Veteran

Birth
Death
9 Jan 1917
Burial
El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya, Al Isma'iliyah, Egypt Add to Map
Plot
F. 145.
Memorial ID
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Regimental number 352
Place of birth Cockfield, Suffock, England
School Not Known
Other training Duke of York, London, England
Religion Church of England
Occupation Farmer
Address Harveston, Rockhampton, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 34
Next of kin Miss E. Matthews, 87 Howley Road, Croydon, Surrey, England
Enlistment date 21 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Saddler
Unit name 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/7/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular 9th Lancers
Fate Killed in Action 9 January 1917
Place of death or wounding Rafa, Palestine
Age at death 37
Place of burial Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 145), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 3
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Paretns: Alfred and Elizabeth MATTHEWS. Native of Cockfield, Suffolk, England
Service Number: 352
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Died: Killed In Action, Egypt, 9 January 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Regimental number 352
Place of birth Cockfield, Suffock, England
School Not Known
Other training Duke of York, London, England
Religion Church of England
Occupation Farmer
Address Harveston, Rockhampton, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 34
Next of kin Miss E. Matthews, 87 Howley Road, Croydon, Surrey, England
Enlistment date 21 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Saddler
Unit name 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/7/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular 9th Lancers
Fate Killed in Action 9 January 1917
Place of death or wounding Rafa, Palestine
Age at death 37
Place of burial Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 145), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 3
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Paretns: Alfred and Elizabeth MATTHEWS. Native of Cockfield, Suffolk, England
Service Number: 352
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Died: Killed In Action, Egypt, 9 January 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Inscription

Australian Light Horse

Gravesite Details

352


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