James MARTIN

Regimental number	5639
Date of birth	11 May 1897
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	11 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll	27 April 1916
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 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll	Private
Unit from Nominal Roll	23rd Battalion
Fate	Returned to Australia 7 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date	20 October 1919 (service: 1321 days; 1076 abroad)
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	4 December 1976
Place of burial	Rushworth Cemetery, Victoria