MARTIN, Donald
| Service Number: | 375 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 375, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 375, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 28 and the son of Allan and Christina Martin, of 59, Back, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
He is remembered on the Back War Memorial. Back (Scottish Gaelic: Am Bac) is a district and a village on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, situated on a coastal area known as Loch a'Tuath, or Broad Bay. Back is within the parish of Stornoway, and is situated on the B895. The district of Back comprises a number of fishing villages, all of which are on the coast of Broadbay. These are: Upper Coll, Coll, Inner Coll, Vatisker, Back and Gress.
The War Memorial next to the church in Back.
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