MARTIN, Dan Robert
| Service Number: | 6502 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Ingham, Hinchinbrook, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | GSW Skull & Cerebral Hernia, Barnet War Hospital, High Barnet, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, 17 December 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot XI, Row D, Grave 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6502, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6502, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6502, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6502, 9th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , Died of wounds. GSW to skull | |
| 7 Mar 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Menin Road, 'At HOOGE, FRANCE on 20th September, 1917, during the operations in GLENCORSE WOOD, Pte. MARTIN was much noted for his conduct throughout. He carried important messages through heavy artillery fire with courageous energy. When water was short he volunteered to go back for it through a heavy barrage. This keenness and reliability set a fine example to his comrades.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31 Date: 7 March 1918 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date – 17th December..... Private Dan Robert Martin was born at Mareeba, Queensland in 1896. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 24th June, 1916 as a 20 year old Labourer from Ingham, North Queensland.
Private Dan Robert Martin embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on HMAT Boonah (A36) on 21st October, 1916 with the 9th Infantry Battalion, 21st Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 10th January, 1917 to receive further training before being sent to the front.
Private Martin was admitted to Bulford Hospital on 8th February, 1917 from 3rd Training Battalion, No. 3 Camp, Durrington, Wiltshire with P.U.O. (Pyrexia (fever) of unknown origin). He was sent sick to Hospital again on 26th March, 1917 & returned to 3rd Training Battalion, Durrington on 14th May, 1917.
Private Martin proceeded to France on 16th July, 1917 & joined 9th Battalion in France on 5th August, 1917. He was admitted to Hospital on 10th August, 1916 with Influenza & discharged on 16th August, 1916.
Private Daniel Robert Martin was recommended for the Military Medal “At Hooge, France on 20th Sept., 1917 during the operations in Glencourse Wood, Pte Martin was noted for his conduct throughout. He carried important messages through heavy artillery fire with courageous energy. When water was short he volunteered to go back for it through a heavy barrage. This keenness and reliability set a fine example to his comrades.”
Private Daniel Robert Martin was awarded the Military Medal on 31st October, 1917.
Private Dan Robert Martin was wounded in action on Belgium on 3rd November, 1917. He was invalided to England on Hospital Ship St. Denis on 16th November, 1917 & admitted to Barnet War Hospital, High Barnet, England on 16th November, 1917 with G.S.W. with compound fracture Skull & Cerebral Hernia.
Private Dan Robert Martin died at 12.48 pm on 17th December, 1917 at Barnet War Hospital, High Barnet, Middlesex, England from wounds – G.S.W. (gunshot wound) of Skull. He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England where around 360 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/mac---mon.html
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