Charles MATHESON

Regimental number9/1580
Address34 Customhouse Street, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Camelia Matheson, 34 Customhouse Street, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1918
Place of burialCross Roads Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 1), Fontaine-au-Bois, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mrs Camelia Matheson (now Mills), Hardy Street, Grovetown, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Seventh