Hugh Henderson MATTHEWSON

Regimental number48659
OccupationProduce salesman
Next of kinWife, Mrs B J Matthewson, 5 Campbell Street Mornington Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 85 Willochra on 9 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 1 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXXII, Row A, Grave No 13A), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and the late Mary Matthewson, Dunedin; Wife: B.J. Matthewson, 'Marlow', Albert Street, Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 66, p. 5