Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Great War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Pte. N. Matthews

South African Army 3rd Btn. South African Infantry

from:Australia

(d.3rd Apr 1916)

N Matthews served with the South African Infantry 3rd Battalion. He was executed for murder on 3rd April 1916 and is buried in the Alexandria (Dhatby) Military and War memorial Cemetery in Egypt. Even though he was serving in the South African Army, he was to be the only Australian to be executed. He was also the only soldier in WW1 who was hanged for his crime, and not executed by firing squad.



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