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MATHEWS, Roland Clyne

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Roland Clyne Mathews was born in East Melbourne on 26 January, 1893 to Francis Herbert Seymour Mathews and Margaret Mathews (nee Hudson). He grew up in Brighton Beach and was living there when he enlisted on 2 February, 1915, aged almost 22 years, occupation as a purser.

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MATOOREKOS, Panaye

Date of birth: 
1898
Biographical notes: 

The son of Gregory and Matilda (nee Lyons) Matoorekos, Panaye was born in 1898 in Albert Park.

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MATSON, Henry John

Date of birth: 
1899
Biographical notes: 

Henry John Matson was just a boy when he enlisted on 3 July, 1917. He was only eighteen years and two months old, and had to get a document of consent from his mother. His father, also Henry Matson, was already at the war as part of the 21st Battalion of the A.I.F., although he was not an Australian citizen, having been born in Finland and  declaring himself a Russian citizen.

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MAY, Arthur Edward

Date of birth: 
1895
Biographical notes: 

Arthur Edward May was nineteen and six months old when he enlisted for the Australian Imperial Force at Korumburra. Victoria. he was the son of Thomas Edward May and his wife Matilda, nee Henson. He was a slight man, 5' 5" in height, with blue eyes and light brown hair. and a labourer by trade.

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MAYNARD, Edmund William Arthur

Date of birth: 
1880
Biographical notes: 

Edmund Maynard was the son of George and Catherine Maynard and was born in Bendigo in 1880.  George was Clerk of Courts in Bendigo until his death in 1884. Edmund enlisted at Coonamble, N.S.W. on 1 July 1917 and gave his next of kin as his sister Miss Mary Maynard of 76 Vale Street East Melbourne.   The house at this address had been completed about 1886 for Mrs.

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McALISTER, John Baird

Biographical notes: 

Information from Paul Burke, 19 June 2013:-

-John Baird McAlister was born in Tapanui, Otago, NZ, in 1885.  His parents were Scottishh immigrants to NZ from Lanarkshire, Scotland.  His father was also John Baird McAlister and his mother Mary McAlister, nee Turnbull.

-at some point he immigrated to Melbourne

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McCOLL, John Archibald

Date of birth: 
1898
Biographical notes: 

Strangely enough, there were two John Archibald McColls, who both enlisted in 1915. Both were under twenty at the time. The first John Archibald McColl, 4260, was born in Kyneton and at the time of enlistment, was still living there, and working with his father as a butcher.

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McCORMACK, Garnet Frederick Binge

Date of birth: 
1896
Biographical notes: 

Garnet Frederick Binge was born on 24 November, 1896, the son of Henry Morris McCormack (d. 1927) and Caroline Katie, nee Binge (d. 1945).  He was nineteen years and 11 months old when he enlisted on 25 October, 1916, and identified his job as motor driver.

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McCURE, Ernest Alfred

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Ernest Alfred McCure was born in Colac on 12 October 1893.  He was the son of Alfred Ernest McCure and his wife, Clara Eve, nee Coney.  In 1914 the family moved to Ararat where his father was a veterinary surgeon, and was the first to discover an outbreak of anthrax in Australia. He was member of the local borough council for seven years.

Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Apr 1967, p.1
Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Apr 1967, p.2
Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Sept 1967, p.1
Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Sept 1967, p.2
Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Sept 1967, p.3
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McDONALD, Alexander

Date of birth: 
1896
Biographical notes: 

 Alexander  McDonaldwas a 21 year old orphan and he enlisted on October 9, 1917. His address was Gembrook - C/o Mr Pitt, Farmer, Gembrook. He had no next of kin on enlistment but that was later changed to Charlotte Buchanan of Gembrook, whom he listed as his aunt.

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