MARTIN, James
| Service Number: | 1077 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Leongatha, Victoria, Australia, 5 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Hamilton North, New South Wales, Australia, 21 November 1970, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-99. 154. |
| Memorials: | Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1077, Mining Corps | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1077, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1077, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1077, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1077, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 12 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1077, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), 5th MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
51 years ago today, on the 24th November 1970, Sapper Randolph James Martin, also known as James and Jim, 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-1077), miner and loco-fireman and boilermaker from Kalgoorlie (Boulder Block), Western Australia and 16 Hamilton Street, Hamilton North, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 75. CATHOLIC 3-99. 154.
Born at Leongatha, Victoria on the 5th March 1895 to Charles (died 1905) and Mary Ann Martin (COXHEAD) nee Tew of 265 Hay Street, Subiaco, W.A. and 152 Parry Street, Perth, W.A.; husband of Evelyn Martin nee Walmsley (a gifted soprano singer, married 1921, (as James), Newcastle, N.S.W., died?), Jim enlisted November 1915 at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87274590 - reported as having enlisted as James Martin.
Admitted to hospital 21.2.1917 (groin abscess), 15.6.1917 (abscess left groin), 8.7.1918 (cellulitis right leg).
Jim returned home May 1919, being discharged on the 12th July 1919.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Randolph’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Many thanks to John Reading for the notification and information.
See Tunnellers - http://www.tunnellers.net/
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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