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JAY, Martin
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6599 |
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Enlisted: | 3 January 1917, Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 June 1918 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6599, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 6599, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 6599, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Martin Henry JAY was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1893
His parents were George Henry JAY & Catherine WHELAN