Martin URWIN

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Service Number:	5102
Enlisted:	23 April 1917, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1
Born:	Ongar, Essex, England, 1891
Home Town:	Buchanan, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	New Zealand, 23 March 1979, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Whenua Tapu Cemetery, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand Interred on 30 March 1979 in the Service persons Area, Row B, Plot 023
Memorials:

23 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5102, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
10 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 5102, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 5102, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
22 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion, In France
14 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, From 33rd Battalion
20 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5102, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to trench feet

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Son of Elizabeth Urwin of Dersingham Avenue, Manor Park, Essex, England

Commenced return to Australia on 23 july 1919 aboard HT Main disembarking on 15 October 1919

Medals: British War Medals, Victory Medals

In December 1936 Martin was residing in Lyall Bay, NZ