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ENewsletter Special Edition No 52 N 31st July 2021
Dear Gunners (Readers) - 
Welcome to Special Airburst No 52N 31st July 2021


The RAAHC is pleased to bring to you stories of Gunners of Renown during the commemoration of 150 Years of Australian Artillery. We hope you enjoy learning something about the gunners that helped create the Regiment that we all cherish.

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This edition:
Corporal Frank Oswald Matt. DCM

(1893-1916)

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Ian Ahearn
Chair RAAHC
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Corporal Frank Oswald Matt. DCM
(1893-1916)






Corporal Frank Oswald Matt.

Australian War Memorial’s Last Post Ceremony on Sunday 1st August 2021 at 4:30pm, will remember and pay tribute to Corporal Matt, 1st Division Trench Mortars, Australian Field Artillery
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His story can be  viewed by CLICKING HERE


Frank Matt was enlisted as a batman and in this capacity, in July 1915. he accompanied the Australian Battery Commander of the Heavy Battery on Gallipoli.
The photo above shows a 6 inch gun of the Heavy Battery in location at Gallipoli



Below: On the Western Front CPL Matt was a detachment commander of a 2 inch mortar shown below.
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