Harrie James MARTIN

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Service Number:	1141
Enlisted:	6 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Somerset, England, 1873
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 16 October 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 11, Row I, Grave 23 Rev. W. Dexter officiated Death caused by shell wound to the chest
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

6 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1141, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1141, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1141, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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Husband of Margaret Annie Mundell Martin of 22 Kimberley Road, Brighton, Sussex, England. Father of Violet Beryl Martin he also had adopted children

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a 3 year apprenticeship with Jones Co. of Western Street, Somerset