MARTIN, Edward
| Service Number: | 935 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 February 1916, An original member of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Healesville, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Corowa, Corowa Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 8 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Buraja Pictorial Roll of Honour, Corowa War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 935, 37th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 935, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 935, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward, Hughie and John Martin all enlisted on the same day, 29 February 1916 at Seymour, Victoria. They were all assigned to the original 37th Battalion with the consecutive regimental numbers of 935, 936 and 937.
They were all associated with the Lowesdale and Buraja, farming areas near Corowa, New South Wales. Their mother had passed away in 1894, when they were very young, and their father, Edward Martin, lived mostly at Howlong, New South Wales.
Edward Martin was the oldest and he was killed in action at the Battle of Messines in Belgium on 8 June 1917. On hearing the news back in Australia, his younger brother, James Martin, enlisted in August 1917.
6843A Pte. James Martin 21st Battalion AIF, later died of wounds in France on 7 October 1918, aged 28.
Edward’s surviving brothers, 936 Hughie Martin and 937 John Martin were both returned to Australia in 1919 with gas poisoning, having been wounded on six occasions between them.