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Lieutenant Colonel DONALD GEORGE MELBOURNE MATHESON

Service Number: WX11483
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Commando Squadron

A.I.F. 2/3

Date of Death

Died 30 January 1944

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

A3. F. 4.

Papua New Guinea

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Distinguished Service Cross (U.S.A.). Son of John and Caroline Matheson; husband of Vera Mabel Matheson, of Toorak, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY BRAVELY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 3828
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