What position did the man who drowned at a Australian beach named after a naval ship hold?
Cheviot Beach Cheviot Beach is a beach near Point Nepean in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the SS "Cheviot", which broke up and sank nearby with the loss of 35 lives on 20 October 1887.
Lionel Matthews Lionel Colin Matthews, GC, MC (15 August 1912 – 2 March 1944) was an Australian Army Signals Corps officer posthumously awarded the George Cross in recognition of his gallant and distinguished services whilst a prisoner of war in Japanese hands in Borneo during the Second World War.