Thomas Ernest MARTIN

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Service Number:	5143
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Golden Square State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Aveluy, France, 27 March 1917
Cemetery:	Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension Row N, Grave No. 4, Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Aveluy, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5143, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5143, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5143, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
8 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, France
26 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5143, 57th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW (no other details) sustained at Beaumetz. Evacuated to 3rd CCS at Aveluy, however died of wounds the next day 27 March 1917.
27 Mar 1917:	Involvement Private, 5143, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5143 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-27

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Wounded (GSW) at Beaumetz. Evacuated to 3rd CCS at Aveluy, however died of wounds the next day 27 March 1917.