Albert Ernest MARLIN

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MARLIN, Albert Ernest

Service Number:	3140
Enlisted:	28 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1882
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, 2 November 1953, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St Peter Anglican Cemetery, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Richmond War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3140, 25th Infantry Battalion
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3140, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3140, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3140, France
19 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion
9 Feb 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3140, 26th Infantry Battalion, per HT Ascanius
16 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3140, 26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Albert was the third of eleven children of Ernest Marlin (born 1856 in Richmond, NSW) and Laura Anne Kennedy (born 1859 in Richmond, NSW). In 1875, as a member of the Richmond Volunteer Rifles (Regimental No:7886) Ernest was awarded a Land Grant - he was a Carpenter and Builder when he married Laura in 1877. They settled at Richmond to raise their family, and Ernest's business expanded in 1894 to provide funeral services, including coffins. Eldest son Fred was 18 years of age when he hung himself in his father's business premises in 1896. Ernest was known as a keen athlete and cricketer, and was one of the oldest members of the Richmond branch of the Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows.

Albert - a keen sportsman and cricketer - was a Carpenter in Sydney, NSW in 1906 when he married Lily May O'Keefe (born 1887 in Murrumbah, NSW). He served eight years with Richmond Volunteers Infantry, and was in Rockhampton, QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in July 1915. Albert was a Private (Service No:3140) with 25th and 26th Infantry Battalions and served in France, where he was WiA in 1917. Albert was Discharged in 1919. Brother Robert (Bob) served in the Boer War (Trooper, Service No:548); brothers -Frank Donald (Private; Service No:3154) was KiA at Pozieres, France; Arhibald (Archie) Roy (Private, Service No:2728) was KiA at Villers Bretonneux in France, and Bernard Clive (Sergeant; Service No:1025) also served in WWI.

Albert returned to Richmond and continued the family business - father Ernest had died in 1915

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