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Transcript of Matheson, Frederick Hugh
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
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
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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
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
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
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
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