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George Vincent MARTENS

Regimental number5376
Date of birth20 August 1896
Place of birthNorwood, South Australia
SchoolNorwood Public School; Norwood High School; St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMason
AddressNorwood, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ada Edith Martens, 45 Osmond Terrace, Norwood, South Australia
Enlistment date5 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 20 December 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date21 May 1918
Other details

War service: France. Wounded at Bullecourt, 6 May 1917; invalided to No 1 War Hospital, Reading, England; invalided to 7th Australian General Hospital; discharged as medically unfit.

Date of death14 May 1966

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