MATHIAS, Charles Lawes
(Service number 7/1100)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19 October 1892 | Place of Birth | Leeston, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waimate | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | L. MATHIAS (father), P. O. Box 191, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 5th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
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| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 12 September 1969 | Age | 76 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Burkes Pass Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Charles Lawes Mathias, known as Charlie, was born on 19 October 1892 at Leeston, the son of Lewis and Edith Caroline (née Vigers) Mathias. He was educated at Opawa School, Christchurch, until the family moved to Elephant Hill, South Canterbury, in August 1901. Charlie married Beryl Marjorie Herbert-Smith in 1929. His brother Lewis died of wounds in 1915 and brother Owen was killed in action in 1918.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 January 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [02 January 2018]; School Admission record (Canterbury Branch NZSG) [02 January 2018]; Burkes Pass Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch cemetery records) [02 January 2018]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 21 August 1915 (Papers Past) [30 June 2016]
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