Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Matthews H M R Driver 31494 Harcourt Marma Royce 1 Div Amm Column 24 Bank clerk Single C of E

Address: Moonee Ponds, Athol St, 4

Next of Kin: Matthews, D, father, 4 Athol St, Moonee Ponds

Enlisted: 13 Sep 1916

Embarked: RMS Orontes 23 Dec 1916

Acting Bombadier

Relatives on Active Service:

Matthews D J Pte 7532 brother

Matthews N N Pte 2285 brother

MATTHEWS H M Royce ('Mick'), wounded in France, eldest son of Mr D Matthews, of 11 Athol street Moonee Ponds, formerly of Union Bank, Collins street.

The Argus, Tuesday 16 October 1917 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1656344

Mr. D. Matthews. of. Moonee Ponds, has been notified that his eldest son Gunner H. M. R. (Mick) Matthews has been wounded in France.

ROLL OF HONOUR. (1917, October 25). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74604095

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall L-R

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours