MARTIN, Hughie
| Service Number: | 936 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 February 1916, An original member of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Healesville, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Howlong, Corowa Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Corowa, New South Wales, Australia, 7 January 1937, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Corowa Pioneer Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 936, 37th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 936, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 936, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 24 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 936, 37th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward, Hughie and John Martin all enlisted on the same day, 29 February 1916 at Seymour, Victoria. They were all assigned to the original 37th Battalion with the consecutive regimental numbers of 935, 936 and 937.
They were all associated with the Lowesdale and Buraja, farming areas near Corowa, New South Wales. Their mother had passed away in 1894, when they were very young, and their father, Edward Martin, lived mostly at Howlong, New South Wales.
Hughie Martin lost two brothers during the war, the eldest, 935 Pte. Edward Martin was killed in action at Messines in Belgium on 8 June 1917, aged 37, and 6843A Pte. James Martin 21st Battalion AIF, later died of wounds in France on 7 October 1918, aged 28.
Hughie was the youngest of the brothers to enlist. He landed in France along with the rest of 37th Battalion on 22 November 1916. Hughie was wounded in March 1917, with a gunshot wound to the foot, and evacuated to England. He rejoined the 37th Battalion in Belgium during September 1917.
He served right though until September 1918, when he was fairly badly gassed and transferred to England. He was returned to Australia, (gas poisoning) on 22 December 1918.
Hugh married in 1924 and raised two children, but unfortunately passed away in Corowa during 1937, at only 45 years of age.