MARTIN, Eric Stanley
| Service Number: | 2258 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Branxholm, Tasmania, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mangana, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Alberton State School, Tasmania, Business College, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Wounds, Queen's Hospital Sidcup, United Kingdom, 19 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom INSCRIPTION ONE OF MANY WHO PERISHED NOT IN VAIN AS A TYPE OF OUR CHIVALRY Grave-XI. C. 11. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hagley War Memorial, Launceston Cenotaph, Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2258, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2258, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2258, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2258 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Deaths Dec 1917 Martin Eric S 25 Bromley 2a 704
He was 25 and the son of Leslie Dublesse Martin and Amy Gertrude Martin, of Hagley, Tasmania.
Age at embarkation-22
Next of kin at time of enlisting-
Father, Leslie D Martin, State School, Mangana, Tasmania
Previous military service
He was a Colour Sergeant in Senior Cadets before joining militia.
Enlistment date-27 May 1915
Rank on enlistment-Private
Unit name-12th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/29/2
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll-Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll-12th Battalion
Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour.
His cousin, Private SYDNEY LEONARD WILLIAMS aged 25, fell at Gallipoli.
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