Forenames

John Patrick AWMM

Surname

Mathews AWMM

Also known as

Matthews AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/3646 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

5 Jan 1892 AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 George Matthews (father), Avon Road, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/3646 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Fireman/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Death

4 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Panel 6, NZ Apse, Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Nelson Cenotaph, Anzac Park, Nelson
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 30 October 2018 - on site

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21373722
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847922/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847922
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 21
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall.