Lieutenant Colonel

Donald George Melbourne  Matheson

MC, MM, DSC (USA)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John and Caroline Matheson; husband of Vera Mabel Matheson, of Toorak, Victoria.

NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
WX11483
Name:
Donald George Melbourne  Matheson
Rank: 
Lieutenant Colonel
Date of Birth:
19 July 1904
Next of Kin: 
Matheson, Vera
Date of Enlistment:
01 January 1941
Locality on Enlistment: 
Claremont, Western Australia
Unit:
AIF, Australian 2/3 Commando Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action Bourgainville Island
Date of Death:
30 January 1944
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
39
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
A3. F. 4.
Cemetery Location: 
Papua New Guinea
Donald George Melbourne  Matheson
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