Francis Thomas Joseph KILMARTIN

KILMARTIN, Francis Thomas Joseph

    Service Number: 2350
    Enlisted: 27 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 28 February 1886
    Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bushman
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 31 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Originally buried Bon Fermier Gully, Messines
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Burra Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion
    27 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2350, Keswick, South Australia
    24 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2350, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
    24 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2350, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
    17 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2350, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
    3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion
    5 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2350, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    6 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2350, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell shock
    9 Mar 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion
    8 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2350, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2350 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-08

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    Biography contributed by Cheryl Hutchins

    "...2350 Private Francis Thomas Joseph Kilmartin, 16th Battalion, of North Adelaide, SA. A bushman prior to enlistment, Pte Kilmartin embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Kanowna on 24 June 1915. After transferring to the 48th Battalion and being promoted to lance corporal, he was killed in action on 8 June 1917 in Belgium, aged 31." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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