Ernest Milton MARTIN

MARTIN, Ernest Milton

Service Number: 7354
Enlisted: 8 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1892
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Insurance clerk
Died: Killed In Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorials: Armadale Baptist Church Memorial Window
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World War 1 Service

8 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7354, Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 7354, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 7354, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 7354, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 7354, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Bulla, Sydney
31 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion
28 Dec 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion
31 Aug 1918: Involvement Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-31

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...7354 Private Ernest Milton Martin, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, of Armadale, Vic. He was an insurance clerk prior to enlisting in July 1915. Pte Martin embarked on board HMAT Bulla (A45) on 25 November 1915. He served in France from April 1916 until March 1917 when he began officer training first in France and then at Cambridge, England. He was appointed to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in August 1917 and returned to the front. In December 1917 he was promoted to Lieutenant (Lt). Lt Martin was killed in action by shell fire at Mont St Quentin, France, on 31 August 1918. He was 25 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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