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• Name MATHEWS
• Initials PJ
• First name PETER JOSEPH
• Place of birth Nelson
• Country New Zealand
• Last residence Haven Road, Nelson
• Family Son of Mr. G. Mathews, of Nelson, New Zealand.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Featherston, 5 April 1916
• Service number 16484
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 3rd Bn. Canterbury Regiment
• Division - Brigade 4th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation: 26 July 1916, Wellington, New Zealand
  Left fot France 24 May 1917

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds, compounded fracture left leg in n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 5 October 1917
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - C - 5

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