James Hearle MARTIN

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MARTIN, James Hearle

Service Number:	PA1819
Enlisted:	31 August 1940, Port Adelaide,South Australia
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Woodville, South Australia, 8 March 1919
Home Town:	Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Woodville High School
Occupation:	Apprentice at General Motors Holdens
Died:	Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" At Sea
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

World War 2 Service

31 Aug 1940:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1819, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
31 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Port Adelaide,South Australia
31 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1819
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frank Hearle Martin and Edith Lillian Martin; husband of Harriett Grace Martin, of Prospect, South Australia.

Able-Seaman James Hearle Mar-tin, 22, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Martin, of Carnarvon street, Cheltenham, served his apprentice-ship at General Motors-Holden's. He joined the navy last year. He was educated at Woodville School. His wife lives at York street, Prospect.

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