Regimental number | 5639 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Tennyson, nr Rochester, Victoria |
School | Tennyson State School (?), Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Warrawge, Hutchinson Post Office, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, James Turnbull Martin, Bawama West, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 91 Corporal Leonard William MARTIN, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Effective Abroad (i.e. still overseas at the disbandment of the AIF). |
Other details | After the war he took up a soldier settlement block at Stanhope, Victoria, and worked it until retiring ca. 1965. |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Rushworth Cemetery, Victoria |