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Geoffrey Clarence MARTIN

Regimental number4654
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolSouth Annandale Public School, New South Wales
Age on arrival in Australia3
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSteward
Address42 Macaulay Road, Stanmore, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, T Martin, 42 Macaulay Road, Stanmore, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Compulsory Training Scheme.
Enlistment date19 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 12 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1916
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialChester Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 9), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
80
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Tom Arthur and Ada Mary MARTIN, 42 McCauley Road, Stenmore, Sydney, New South Wales. native of England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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