Early Life
Matthews was born in the Adelaide inner north-eastern suburb of Stepney. He was educated at East Adelaide Public School and Norwood High School, and then worked as a salesman in a department store. On 26 December 1935 at St Matthew's Anglican Church, Kensington, he married (Lorna) Myrtle Lane; they had one child, Lionel David Matthews.
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