People - Gordon Frederick Matthews

Lance Bombardier - A.I.F. L Heavy Battery, Royal Australian Artillery

Born: 1 September 1921  St Peters, South Australia.  Died: 1 July 1942.

Son of Edgar Roy and Anne Elizabeth Matthews, of Stepney, South Australia. Brother of George Cross and Military Cross recipient, Captain Lionel Matthews, who was executed at Sandakan prisoner of war camp in March 1944.

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