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Joseph Henry MARTIN

Regimental number4159
Place of birthTarcutta, New South Wales
SchoolPyrmont Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
Address2 Boyce Street, Glebe Point, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Martin, Old Canterbury Road, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name17th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 17), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
83
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Henry and Mary Amelia MARTIN, 22 Bing Street, Orange, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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