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Sergeant RICHARD JOHN MATTHEWS

Service Number: 4136
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

39th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

C. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Matthews. Native of Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS COUNTRY CALLED HE ANSWERED AND NOW IN GOD'S HANDS HE RESTS
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Buried or commemorated at

BUIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 8
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