MARSHALL, Abraham Alexander
| Service Number: | 26/592 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
| Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 22 June 1880 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 14 July 1916, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II, Row E, Grave 35. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sergeant, 26/592, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
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Sergeant in 4th Battalion, 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade (NZEF) Died of wounds in France, 1916.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Abraham Alexander Marshall was the youngest one of four sons of Enoch and Margaret Marshall of Ulverstone, Tasmania, who enlisted and served overseas during WW1. At some stage he travelled to New Zealand before the war.
His youngest brother, 452 Private Sydney Alexander Gordon Marshall 40th Battalion AIF, was killed in action in Belgium 13 October 1917 at only 19 years of age.
Another brother, Lieutenant Albert Morris Marshall 15th Battalion was captured by the Germans at Bullecourt on 11 April 1917. He was a prisoner of war in Germany for over 18 months and was a Captain when he returned to Australia in 1919.
Another brother, 3171 Corporal Thomas Arnold Marshall 21st Battalion AIF, was three times wounded and returned to Australia in 1919.
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