COMER, Martin Francis
| Service Numbers: | 1363, V18485 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 March 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 16 January 1885 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 August 1943, aged 58 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Mar 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1363, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps | |
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| 13 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 1363, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Melusia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1363, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps, 3rd MD |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, V18485 | |
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| 15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V18485 | |
| 26 Aug 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V18485, Lines of Communication Units |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 1363 & V18485 Sergeant Martin Francis Comer of St. Kilda and Armadale, Victoria, who prior to his enlisting for War service on the 6th of May 1918 had been employed as a clerk.
This had been Martin’s fifth attempt to try to enlist and embark with the 1st AIF, but due to medical and personal reasons, he had not been able to leave Australia, and instead had been retained for Home Service within Australia.
Martin was allocated to the Australian Army Medical Corps attached to the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces, with which he embarked for Rabaul, New Britain on the 13th of June 1918.
After his arrival, Martin’s service on New Britain would be continuous, and following the War’s end, he remained on duty until he was embarked for his repatriation to Australia on the 5th of August 1919. Having returned from New Britain, Martin received his official discharge for his re-entry into civilian life on the 9th of September 1919.
With the outbreak of a Second World War, Martin again presented himself for service with the Australian Military Forces on the 15th of August 1941, and was accepted for full time duties within Australia.
Serving with the Victoria Lines of Communication Area Records Office (Southern Command), Martin would serve continuously until he was evacuated for hospitalization due to sickness, and whilst still being treated he succumbed to illness on the 26th of August 1943.
Martin was aged 58 at the time of his death. whilst serving with the Australian Military Forces.
Following his passing, Sergeant Martin Comer, a veteran of the ‘Great War’, and who died whilst on full time service with the Australian Military Forces during a second world conflict, was formally laid to rest within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.
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