FAWCETT, Matthew Harry

Service Number –   4330.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –   2nd  Pioneer  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   24  April  1917.

Address on Enlistment –   Charles  Street,  Bunbury,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Plumber.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Wife-  Lizzie  Fawcett,  Regent  House,  158  Adelaide  Terrace,  Perth,  W. A.,  father-  Matthew  Fawcett,  Mother-  Adelaide  Louise  Fawcett,  both  of  88  Vincent  Street,  Perth,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Church  of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Melbourne  on  HMAT  A60  “  Aeneas  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   13  June  1918.

Place –   Heilly,  Somme,  France.

Age at Death –   44.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Querrieu  British  Cemetery,  Somme,  France  (  Row  B,  Grave  No. 39 ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   172.