Regimental number | 12468 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
School | Flinders State School, Geelong, Victoria |
Other training | Gordon College, Geelong, Victoria, and Queen's College, Oxford, England |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Motor mechanic |
Address | 10 Brownbill Street, Geelong East, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs I Martin, 10 Brownbill Street, Geelong East, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Field Ambulance 10 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/53/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Flying Corps |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular |
He enlisted in Geelong, served 10 months as Ambulance Driver at Geelong Camp, and sailed for Front after 12 months work there. He served 8 months as Ambulance Driver with the 10th Field Ambulance in France at the end of which time he entered Queen's College, Oxford, where he qualified for Pilot. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 25 |
Place of burial | Ebblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot II, row D, Grave No. 34), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 188 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Isabella MARTIN, 10 Brownbill Street, East Geelong, Victoria |