Honouring Australian World War One Personnel
Name - Matthew S. Connor
Rank - Private
Official Number - 19
Enlistment Date - 9th September 1914
Regiment - "A" Company, 13th Battalion A.I.F
AWWOD descendant - Nicole Forrest Green (Granddaughter)
Service Detail - Private Matthew S. Connor, "A" Company, 13th Battalion A.I.F served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front at the Somme where he was gravely wounded but survived in August 1916.
Matthew was also awarded the following Medals
1914/15 Star
British War Medal and the Victory Medal
French medal awarded in 1999 the "Medaille de Reconnaissance de la Nation" de la Grande Guerre 1914-1918
Members thoughts / recollections - Please click HERE for Nicole's story about her grandfather.