Frederick Collett Matthews

Forenames

Frederick Collett AWMM

Surname

Matthews AWMM

Also known as

Frederick Colett Matthews AWMM

Service number

WWI 10731 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1895 Public Source

Date of birth

1895

Public - William (Bill) - 10 November 2018 - Military Personnel Records, Family Papers

Place of birth

Timaru

Public - William (Bill) - 10 November 2018 - Military Personnel Records, Family Papers

Address before enlistment

339 The Terrace, Wellington

Public - William (Bill) - 10 November 2018 - Military Personnel Records, Family Papers

Next of kin

F.O. Matthews (father), Ngutuwera, Waverley, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10731 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  London Gazette, 29 August 1918, p10142: AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Sergeant AWMM 1st New Zealand Cyclist Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Cyclist Battalion AWMM

Son of Frank Octavious and Elizabeth Matthews of "Caerleon", Smith Street, Waverley AWMM

Death

23 Jul 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Marfaux (New Zealand) Memorial, Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21373854
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/309694/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/309694
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 4
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• Regimental History of the New Zealand Cyclist Corps in the Great War, 1914–1918. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1922.