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Lance Sergeant John Aubrey Matthew

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Military service

Service number: C/40516
Age: 23
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth: November 19, 1920 London, England
Enlistment: October 11, 1939 Trenton, Ontario
Death: January 31, 1944 Italy

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: XI. G. 13.
Additional information
Son of Winnifred E. Matthew, of Stayner, Ontario.

Lance Sergeant Matthew was previously commemorated on Panel 14 of the Cassino Memorial - his name will be removed as and when the panel is next replaced. A headstone was erected to him at a ceremony held at John's grave in the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery attended by Second World War Veterans of Canada's Italian Campaign, joined by students from Canada and the Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada, The Honourable Greg Thompson.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 380 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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