MARTIN, Frank
| Service Number: | 3826 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cheltenham, England, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Surry Hills Crown Street Public School War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3826, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3826, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3826, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3826 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Frank MARTIN (Service Number 3826) was born at Cheltenham, England about 1876. He joined the Tramways as a conductor in 1907 and became an electric tram driver in 1912. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces in September 1915, though he had already enlisted in August, aged 38½, leaving his older wife Jane, whom he had married that year in Sydney.
He was killed in action in France between 22nd and 25th July, 1916, and was buried ‘in the vicinity of Pozières’. His grave being subsequently unlocated, he is memorialised at Villers Bretonneux.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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