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James MARTIN

Regimental number5639
Date of birth11 May 1897
Place of birthTennyson, nr Rochester, Victoria
SchoolTennyson State School (?), Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressWarrawge, Hutchinson Post Office, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, James Turnbull Martin, Bawama West, Victoria
Enlistment date11 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 7 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date20 October 1919 (service: 1321 days; 1076 abroad)
Family/military connectionsBrother: 91 Corporal Leonard William MARTIN, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Effective Abroad (i.e. still overseas at the disbandment of the AIF).
Other detailsAfter the war he took up a soldier settlement block at Stanhope, Victoria, and worked it until retiring ca. 1965.
Date of death4 December 1976
Place of burialRushworth Cemetery, Victoria

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