Martin FARRELLY

Regimental number3170
Place of birthRomsey, Victoria
SchoolBox Hill State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationGrocer
AddressBlackburn Road, Blackburn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 6"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinFather, M F Farrelly, Blackburn Road, Blackburn, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Senior Cadets, Area 48A (Box Hill); 1 month in Citizen Military Forces (Surrey Hills).
Enlistment date8 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death19.5
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Martin and Grace FARRELLY, Elgar Road, Box Hill, Victoria. Native of Romsey, Victoria. 16
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 6th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.

Found guilty, 28 January 1916, of ill-treating a native on the line of march, 24 January 1916: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Transferred to 58th Bn, 17 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 1040701, 3714 Pte W. CORRIN, 59th Bn, 2 November 1917: 'I saw Casualty killed by H.E. Shell just before the "Hop Over" at Fleurbaix on the 19th July whilst in the trench. His back was smashed by the shell.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FARRELLY Martin
Red Cross file 1040701