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1897 Jun 19 Born Fogo, Berwickshire (RIC). The ADRIC register has him as MC and RDF
1901 census at Leith
| William | Matson | Head | Married | Male | 49 | 1852 | Ploughman | Ireland |
| Janet | Matson | Wife | Married | Female | 45 | 1856 | Ploughmans Wife | Duns, Berwickshire |
| William J | Matson | Son | - | Male | 14 | 1887 | Scholar | Duns, |
| George | Matson | Son | - | Male | 12 | 1889 | Scholar | Duns, |
| James | Matson | Son | - | Male | 11 | 1890 | Scholar | Duns, |
| John G | Matson | Son | - | Male | 9 | 1892 | Scholar | Fogo, |
| Alexander | Matson | Son | - | Male | 3 | 1898 | - | Fogo, |
1915 Nov 22 Landed in France
1917 Dec 19 Commissioned
1920 Dec 29 Joined ADRIC with service no 1385. J Coy
1921 Feb 13. The local IRA mounted an attack on the auxiliaries using the Billiard Room on the ground floor of the Macroom Town Hall. IRA men John Crowley, Jimmy Murphy, Dennis Kelleher were the men attacking. They threw 2 bombs through the window and opened fire. They wounded 3 Auxiliaries. From the compensation claims the wounded were T/C Harvey Kemp £600, T/C Jennings £200, T/C Matson £150,. He got a leg wound from a bomb splinter.
1921 Feb 22 to 28 Feb. In Hospital
1921 Sep 30 to 5 Oct . In Cork Military Hospital
1922 Jan 23. Discharged on demobilisation of ADRIC
1939 Register . Exact dob, living at 57 Baxter Avenue , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . He is a Brewers Stocktaker & Manager. Single
1966 Aug 14. Died at Leith