Matheson, Frederick Hugh

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Service Number 352. Killed in Action 24th July 1916. France.

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Matheson, Frederick Hugh Service Number 352

Killed in Action 24th July 1916 France

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And Vivienne Tranter

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NAME Matheson, Frederick Hugh

SERVICE NO 352

UNIT 3rd

Battalion/

RANK Sergeant

AGE at Enlistment 20 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane, Qld

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Station Hand

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 20 Aug 1914

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Sydney, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 12 mths Snr Cadets

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Hugh Matheson, “Wingello”, Gosford, NSW/ Sept 1915-“Iona” Poultry Farm, Old Guilford. Mrs B Matheson (Aug 1922) Lane St {late First St} Wentworthville.

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’ 10½”. Weight-11 st.6lbs. Chest-35

Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair. Birthmark on outside of L/Thigh.

RELIGION Presbyterian

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Crime;- 9 Jul 1915-Gallipoli-failing to comply with a standing order.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 7 Aug 1915- Gallipoli-Lone Pine- GSW Face transf to Cairo.

DIED 24 Jul 1916- Shell explosion, hit in the forehead by shrapnel another explo-sion collapsing trench & burying him.

BURIED Where he died in trench at Pozieres- body was not removed

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-9296, British War Medal-3018, Victory Medal-3018. Memorial Plaque & Scroll -301520.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Photo/ Muffler, 2 Brushes in Case, notebook, scarf, knife, money armlet/

WILL Beneficiary;- Father

CORRESPONDENCE Father/ Commonwealth Savings Bank/

Gosford Times 27

th August 1915

Word has just been received that Fred Matheson, late of Wingello Farm, Gosford, has been wounded at the

Dardenalles, being struck in the eye with a piece of shrapnel or bullet.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8006096

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