Fallen ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Thursday Island (Qld.),
Place of enlistment
At Sea,
Date of enlistment
1915-10-06,
Age
26,
Occupation
Labourer,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
41st Battalion, B Company,
Rank
Private,
Service number
428,
Next of kin
Fanny Garr - Wife ; Bathurst Island Mission, N.T.,
Date of death
1917-09-29,
Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Belgium),
Darwin Cenotaph,
Cultural heritage
Filipino,
Biographical notes
Son of Carlos and Mary. William Gar (Garr), 1024 and Glamor Garr (Gar), 4417, Palencio Gar (Garr) – Brothers. Palencio enlisted Darwin, 20 September 1915, discharged from the army 16 May 1916 and Maria - Sister.,
History
Matthew Gar left Darwin with the Fourth Contingent, October 1915. He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A64 'Demosthenes' on the 18 May 1916; disembarked England, 20 July 1916. Found guilty, at sea, 22 June 1916, of breaking away from quarters: forfeited 28 days pay and fined 3/- expenses. Proceeded overseas to France, 30 September 1916; taken on strength, 47th Bn, 17 October 1916. Admitted to 38th Casualty Clearing Station, 16 November 1916 (pyrexia); transferred to 10th General Hospital, Rouen, 19 November 1916; to 2nd Convalescent Depot, 23 November 1916; discharged to Base Details, 25 November 1916; joined 4th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 27 November 1916. Admitted to 24th General Hospital, 14 December 1916 (mumps); transferred to 26th General Hospital, 19 December 1916 (tonsilitis); to 18th General Hospital, Camiers, 24 December 1916 (suspected mumps); to 6th Convalescent Depot, 13 January 1917; to England, 17 February 1917, and admitted to Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, 20 February 1917; to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 5 March 1917; discharged on furlough, 6 March 1917, to report to Wareham Command Depot, 21 March 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 29 April 1917; rejoined 47th Bn, 4 May 1917. Killed in action, Belgium, 29 September 1917.,
Subject
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
ANZAC,
Genealogical society NT pioneer register
2089,
Related links
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=4026529&I=1&SE=1,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1731673/,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067791%5CRCDIG1067791--214-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1556175/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/58/,
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H06115/,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38329605,
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/243112,
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/923686/GARR,%20MATTHEW,
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=4026529&I=1&SE=1 [Service Record],
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H06115/ [Australian War Memorial : Photograph],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38329605 [Battle scarred : the 47th Battalion in the first World War by Craig Deayton. Newport, N.S.W. : Big Sky Publishing, 2011.],
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/243112 [Farewell Smoke Social Programme, Fourth Contingent, October 1915.],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067791%5CRCDIG1067791--214-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A64 'Demosthenes'],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1556175/ [Nominal Roll],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/58/ [Unit War Diary],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1731673/ [Roll of Honour],
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/923686/GARR,%20MATTHEW [Commonwealth War Graves - Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Matthew Garr],