UDBY, Martin Alfred
| Service Number: | 305 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps |
| Born: | Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Suicide - Hanged, At home, Ferres Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, 3 September 1926 |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Independent area, Row K, Grave 101 - no headstone |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 305, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 305, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 305, 2nd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney | |
| 15 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , At Rabaul | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 305, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
The Coroner (Mr. D. Berriman) inquired yesterday, at the Morgue, regarding two deaths, which pointed to suicide.
On 2nd September, on his wife's return from the South Melbourne, Market, Martin Alfred Udby, 45 years, was found hanging by a rope in a porch at his home in Ferrars-street, South Melbourne. In evidence yesterday it was stated that deceased had been worrying regarding an operation he was to have undergone, and that he had recently been melancholic. He had threatened previously to take his life. The Coroner found that death was due to suicide, and that there was evidence of mental unsoundness.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Andrew Udby and Margaret Udby nee Bailey of South Melbourne, Victoria.
Husband of Vinnes Udby nee Bombors of Palmer Street, South Melbourne, Victoria. Martin and Vinnes married during 1903c in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia from Rabaul on 1 February 1916 for discharge
Medal: British War Medal
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