MARLIN, Frank
| Service Number: | 3154 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, 18 December 1887 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 3 September 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Richmond War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3154, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3154, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3154, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3154 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Full name said to be Frank Donald Martin
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Frank was the sixth of eleven children of Ernest Marlin (born 1856 in Richmond, NSW) and Laura Anne Kennedy (born 1859 in Richmond, NSW). In 1875, as a member of the Richmond Volunteer Rifles (Regimental No:7886), Ernest received a Land Grant. He was a Carpenter and Builder in 1877 when he married Laura in Richmond NSW. Ernest and Laura settled in Richmond and raised their family - Ernest was known as a keen athlete and cricketer, and was one of the oldest members of the Richmond Branch of the Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows. In 1894 he expanded the family business to provide funeral services, including coffins. His eldest son Fred was eighteen years of age in 1896 when he hung himself in his father's business premises. Ernest died in 1915.
Frank was a Labourer at Main Camp, Mt Crosby in Ipswich, QLD - and stated he had served five years with the 3rd Regiment NSW - when he enlisted in the AIF in August 1915. He was a Private (Service No:3154) with 9th and 49th Battalions and was KiA near Pozieres, France in September 1916. Frank's brother Bob (Trooper, Service No:548) served in the Boer War; and brothers Albert (Private, Sevice No:3140); Archie (Private, Service No:2728) KiA in 1918 at Villers Bretonneux in France; and Bernard (Sergeant, Service No:1025) also served in WWI.