Martin John CAVANAGH

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CAVANAGH, Martin John

Service Number:	6382
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Corowa, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1885
Home Town:	Corowa, Corowa Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tram Conductor
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 12 April 1917, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Memorials:	Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Corowa War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6382, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6382, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board

Martin John CAVANAGH, (Service Number 6382) was born on 4 December 1885 at Corowa. He became a casual tram conductor in Sydney from 15 January 1916 and never progressed beyond that role. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces only four months into his conducting career. He enlisted at the RAS Showgrounds soon after and gave his wife Francis then living in Annandale as his next of kin.

Martin Cavanagh was wounded in action on 9 April and admitted to the 3rd Field Ambulance, the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station and then the 12th General Hospital at Rouen, where he died of his wounds on 12 April 1917. Private Doyle (6240) reported:
‘I knew Cavanagh very well. He was very popular and a nice quiet chap. He was wounded near Hermes when we were charging the village; he was shot through both knees during the charge by machine gun bullets. I saw him taken to the dressing station, but I did not see him afterwards. He would certainly have a grave.’

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