Harold Ernest Matters (abt. 1893 - 1977)

Ancestors

Biography

Harold Ernest Matters was born about 1893 in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of Brightman Matters and Nora Dixon.

He enlisted for service in the Australian Imperial Force in World War I on 4 October 1916. At the time he was 23, a sign writer, and living at 247 Graham Street Port Melbourne. Service Number - 14284. He embarked, in Melbourne, on the troop ship, HMAT Clan MacGillivray on 10 May 1917. He was a Driver with the 4th Australian Divisional Train in France and England. He returned to Australia on 22 November 1919 and was discharged on 16 February 1920. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.^[1][2][3]

He married Lilian Ada Groves, third daughter of William and Isabel Groves, of Kensington, on 1 March 1924 at the Graham Street Methodist Church, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^{[4] [5]}

He died, aged 84, on 2 November 1977 at Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. Probate was granted on 21 December 1977. ^{[6] [7]} He was buried in the Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Victoria. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives Australia: 8039572

   MATTERS Harold Ernest : Service Number - 14284 : Place of Birth - Port Melbourne VIC : Place of Enlistment - Melbourne VIC : Next of Kin - (Father) MATTERS Brightman Franklin

   Citation: NAA: B2455, MATTERS HAROLD ERNEST

   Item ID: 8039572

2. ↑ Australian War Memorial - First World War Nominal Roll Harold Ernest Matters

   Service number 14284

   Rank Driver

   Unit 4th Australian Divisional Train

   Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

   Enlistment Date 04 October 1916

   Fate Returned to Australia

   Fate Date 22 November 1919

3. ↑ Australian War Memorial Photograph BRISBANE, QLD. C. 1915. TROOPSHIP CLAN MACGILLIVRAY (A46) DEPARTING FROM PINKENBA WHARF CARRYING AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS TO OVERSEAS SERVICE
4. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage MATTERS Harold Ernt and GROVES, Liln Ada, Registration number 2447 / 1924
5. ↑ 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 26 April 1924, p. 11. , viewed 22 Jan 2021, NLA Trove
6. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria [hhttps://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/600a5410f0825b1be9d8ae2c/results?q=efamily Death] Harold Ernest MATTERS, father Brightman, mother Norah DIXSON, Place of birth PORT MELBOURNE, Place of death Heidelberg, Age 84, Registration number 25427 / 1977
7. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria Prov Harold Ernest Matters, Date of grant: 21 Dec 1977; Date of death: 02 Nov 1977; Occupation: Rtd; Residence: Ivanhoe

   SERIES: Wills; AGENCY: Master of the Supreme Court; VPRS 7591/ P4 unit 743, item 833/727;

   SERIES: Probate and Administration Files; AGENCY: Registrar of Probates, Supreme Court; VPRS 28/ P8 unit 439, item 833/727

8. ↑ FindAGrave, database and images, memorial page for Harold Ernest Matters; Died: 4 Nov 1977; Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Victoria; Find A Grave: Memorial #212352431; created by: ! woowoo; accessed: 08 Mar 2023