MARTIN, Clifford James
| Service Number: | 6544 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Snowtown, South Australia, 30 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Nippering, Wagin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Albany, Western Australia, 16 October 1985, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia MCB-298714-C5P4B0 KC00082339 Cremation - Ashes scattered to the wind at Karrakatta Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Medindie Wilderness School Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6544, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6544, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6544, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6544, 11th Infantry Battalion, embarked from England per HT Ceramic - disembarked at Port Said and hospitalised before reembarking on 19 February 1919 per HT Lancashire for Perth |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6544, 11th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Clifford James Martin (Service No:6544) enlisted in the AIF on 20 June 1916 and embarked from Fremantle for Plymouth on 10 October 1916 with 11th Infantry Battalion on board HMAT A23 Suffolk. Private Martin was WiA on four occasions between May 1917 and August 1918 whilst in France, and hospitalised in England. On 25 January 1919 Private Martin embarked from England for the RTA on board HT Ceramic, and was evacuated to hospital in Port Said before re-embarking for Perth on 19 February 1919 on board HT Lancashire. Private Martin was Discharged on 4 May 1919.
Cliff was born in 1894 in Snowtown in South Australia, fourth of six children of Otto Martin Grimberg (b1853 in Sweden) and Emily Painter (b1864 at Alma Downs, South Australia). Otto (a Farmer) and Emily married in 1883 in Riverton, South Australia. Otto had immigrated at seventeen years of age and lived in South Australia for seventeen years before moving his family to Nippering via Wagin in WA.
Cliff was a Farmer in Nippering via Wagin WA when he enlisted in the AIF. In 1922 in Perth, WA he married Deborah (Madge) Margaret Dawson (b1899 in Cleve, South Australia). Cliff and Madge settled at Oakland, Bolgart via Toodyay, WA where they raised their family and Cliff was a Farmer, and in 1948 elected to the Victoria Plains Road Board. Madge died in 1979 and Cliff in 1985.
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