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Major General HAROLD HALFORD MATTHEWS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

General List, Canadian Army

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1940

Age 62 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY

Sec. 35. Lot 5. Grave 1.

Canada

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Companion of St. Michael and St. George, Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Matthews, of Auckland City, New Zealand; husband of Helen T. Matthews (nee Le Sueur), of Ottawa. Four times Mentioned in Despatches in the 1914-18 War.
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Buried or commemorated at

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario Canada
Number of casualties: 212
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