Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews
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{{Infobox | name = Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews
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| caption = Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire p.216
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| header1 = Personal Information
| label2 = Date of Birth | data2 = unknown
| label3 = Place of Birth | data3 = Adelaide, South Australia
| label4 = Death | data4 = 11 May 1915
| label5 = Place of Death | data5 = Shrapnel Gully, Gallipoli
| label6 = Age at Enlistment | data6 = 22 yeras, 10 months
| label7 = Description | data7 = 5' 9" (1.75m) tall; weight 156lbs (70.8 kg); fair complexion, hazel eyes, sandy hair
| label8 = Occupation | data8 = orchardist
| label9 = Religion | data9 = Church of Christ
| label10 = Address | data10 = Kelmscott, Western Australia
| label11 = Next of Kin | data11 = Mother Mrs Amy Beatrice Matthews
| header12 = Military Information
| label13 = Reg Number | data13 = 1458
| label14 = Date of Enlistment | data14 = 14 Oct 1914 (Liverpool NSW)
| label15 = Rank | data15 = Private
| label16 = Unit/Formation | data16 = 4th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, C Company / 1st Brigade, 1st Division
| label17 = Date of Embarkation | data17 = 2 Dec 1914 - 11 Feb 1915
| label18 = Ship Embarked On | data18 = HMAT A48 Seang Bee
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| label21 = Fate | data21 = Killed in Action 8:30am 11 May 1915 Shrapnel Gully trenches, Gallipoli
| label22 = Monument
| data22 = Kelmscott War Memorial (North panel)
Kelmscott Congregational Church Honour Board
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In May 1916 a letter from Leah Heath now of 66 Evans street, Balmain makes claim for unpaid money as his Will beneficiary. The will gives her address at the time as Bridgewater street, Rozelle, Sydney. Leah is known to his parents as 'his young lady'.
Notes
Buried 4th BATTALION PARADE GROUND CEMETERY, ANZAC Row C, Grave 22, Son of Sydney and Amy Beatrice Matthews, of Kelmscott, Western Australia. Native of Parkside, South Australia.