Thomas Stanley MARTIN MM

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Service Number:	VX59675
Enlisted:	26 May 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1921
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Merit Certificate
Occupation:	Furniture Maker / Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action , New Guinea, 14 July 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot MM. Row C. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY & NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:

26 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX59675, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
20 May 1945:	Honoured Military Medal, Courage and disregard for own safety.
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX59675, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion

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