Martin JAY

JAY, Martin

Service Number: 6599
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)
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World War 1 Service

3 Jan 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6599, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA
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

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Martin Henry JAY was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1893

His parents were George Henry JAY & Catherine WHELAN