On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:12:15 +1100, "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote: >"Noeline Mullins" <blossy09@tpg.com.au> wrote in message >> My cousin from Cornwall Emailed NSW to find a Soldier killed in France >> 1918 in the Australian Imperial Force: >> >> Charles Henry MATHEWS. Pte Nu 766 24th Batt AIF Born 1897,Cornwall, ACT >> pre >> 1930 Would anyone be able to advise me or have any info who I could trace >> this for my cuz. > >Records for the AIF are split between the Australian War memorial and the >National Australian Archives. You can buy the records online or do so by >mail and there is also a lot of info that can be seen online but it's still >best to pay for the records because not all useful and usable genie info is >online. > >http://www.awm.gov.au/ >Go to 'Biographical Databases' and enter the name and the conflict although >the only Charles Henry Mathews who died and who that appears there has a >different service number and battalion and the only person with the number >of 766 is a Charles Henry Matthew and again he wasn't from that battalion. >More research needed by the sounds of it to find the right person. > Noeline, Your man is listed with Number of 766A (not 766) and surname MATTHEW (not MATHEW). His Roll of Honour card is set ou below. Charles Henry Matthew Service number: 766A Rank: Private [Pte] Unit: 24th Battalion (Infantry) Service: Army Conflict: 1914-1918 Date of death: 15 June 1918 Cause of death: Killed in action Cemetery or memorial details: FRANCE 196 Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension War Grave Register notes: MATTHEW, Pte. Charles Henry, 766A. 24th Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 15th June, 1918. Age 22. Son of Thomas John Matthews, of 2, Wood Lane, Constantine, Penryn, Cornwall, England. III. H. 9. Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army Regards, Fred Walter.