George Watson MARTIN

Regimental number3997
Place of birthMole Creek, Tasmania
SchoolMole Creek State School, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressMole Creek, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 8"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, J J Martin, Mole Creek, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Place of enlistmentHobart, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 August 1916
Place of burialGordon Dump Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 2), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph John and Emma Francis MARTIN, Mole Creek, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 23 February 1916, and transferred to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 24 February 1916 (mumps); discharged, 29 March 1916.

Joined 4th Pioneer Bn, Serapeum, 18 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 4 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 11 June 1916.

Killed in action, 3 August 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSecond given name entered on Embarkation Roll as Victor.
SourcesNAA: B2455, MARTIN George Watson