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James MARTIN

Regimental number1553
Place of birthTocumwal, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
Address43 Mary Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 6"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amelia Martin, 43 Mary Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 28 June 1915
FateDied of disease 25 October 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 65), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Native of Hawthorn, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to HS 'Glenart Castle'; died at sea of syncope following enteritis.

Buried at sea.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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