Edgar Rupert MARTIN

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Service Number:	164
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Caufield, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Tullah, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber worker
Died:	Wounds, At sea (HMAT Mashobra A47), 30 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Townsville, Queensland
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 164, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 164, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
30 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 164, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 164 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-30

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Son of William Edwin and Mary Grace Martin of Tullah, Tasmania. Brother of I.D. Dunstan nee Martin of Tasmania

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