Participant Info

Surname

Matthews

First Name

Sydney

Initial

H

Service Number

2052

Rank

corporal

Unit Served

6th Australian Railway Unit

Service Record

Egypt, France

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

October 26

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

February 18

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 24, image page 26

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

James and the late Sarah Matthews

Parental Address

Hatton Street, Ryde

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Ryde, December 15, 1886, educated Ryde Public School, fireman, enlisted November 1915, embarked January 1916. War service: Egypt, France.(His enlistment and embarkation dates have been adjusted from his NAA service records and the AWM WW1 Embarkat