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Hector William MARTIN

Regimental number4728
Place of birthWilliamstown, Victoria
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolCarlton State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationUpholsterer
Address23 Dover Street, Flemington, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Delia Martin, 78 North Street, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date14 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 11), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
102
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Delia MARTIN; husband of B.M. JORDAN (formerly MARTIN), 17 Washington Street, Essendon, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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