Norman MARTIN MC

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Service Number:	4233
Enlisted:	30 August 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	21st Machine Gun Company
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 3 July 1897
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Charters Towers State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Assistant Shopman
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 29 October 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 31), Belgium
Memorials:	Charters Towers Boys Central School Great War Honor Board

30 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4233, 9th Infantry Battalion
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4233, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4233, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
22 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion
31 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 21st Machine Gun Company
31 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 21st Machine Gun Company
11 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 21st Machine Gun Company
19 Jun 1917:	Honoured Military Cross

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