Percy Henry Arthur MATTHEWS

Abt 1924 - 1965  (41 years)

• Name	Percy Henry Arthur MATTHEWS
  Birth	Abt 1924  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	4116
  _UID	7452113FC46445F08C795946A0717353EEFC
  Death	1965	Newcastle, New South Wales RD   [2]
  Notes	Per Jim Minter, Percy appeared in the 1946 Australian Electoral Roll. His parents were William John and Ethel Elizabeth Morgan. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate Sat 13 Sep 1941: SUMMONS DIVISION. CYCLISTS FINED - A large number of cyclists were fined for having committed breaches of the Traffic Act. Offences and fines were.... [the list included] No Reflector: Percy Henry Arthur Matthews, Bull-street, Cook's Hill. Fined 4s. with 5/6 costs. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate Sat 30 Oct 1943: YOUTH FINED.-- Percy Henry Arthur Matthews, 19, labourer, was charged with receiving and having in his possession a bicycle, valued at £9/10/, the property of Percy Brown, knowing it to have been stolen. The offence was admitted. Defendant, for whom Mr O'Neill appeared, was fined £10. The Newcastle Sun Wed 16 Jun 1948: (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M.) DROVE UNDER INFLUENCE Joseph Henry Davis, 48, lorry driver, was fined £8 for having driven a truck in Donald St., Hamilton, on May 22 while under the Influence of alcohol. He was also fined £2 for having permitted Percy Henry Arthur Matthews to drive the truck while not holding a licence. The Bulletin.Vol. 77 No. 3982 (6 Jun 1956): IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES In Divorce. TO PERCY HENRY ARTHUR MATTHEWS late of 29 Sutton Street Young Wallsend. - TAKE NOTICE that JEAN MATTHEWS has filed a Petition for Divotce No. 333 of 1956 on the ground of desertion without just cause or excuse for three years and upwards....... According to Jim Minter (August 2025) Percy and Jean had a son, Peter James Matthews, who died Sydney 1958 (244/1958).
  Person ID	I4116	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family	Jean Minter,   b. 10 Apr 1923, West Maitland, NSW, Australia d. 1 Sep 1988, Sydney, Australia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1944	Sydney, NSW, Australia   [3]
  Family ID	F702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2025

  
  

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  [S533] Jim Minter, April 2023 and later. [S533] Jim Minter, April 2023 and later, reg no. 39336/1965. (Reliability: 3). [S95] New South Wales Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages, June 2008.