George Granville Furniss MARTIN MID

MARTIN, George Granville Furniss

Service Number: SX1440
Enlisted: 31 October 1939, Woodside, SA
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia, 22 February 1906
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: St. Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation: Supply Manager for Holdens Motor Vehicle plant
Died: Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 28 August 1942, aged 36 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

31 Oct 1939: Involvement Major, SX1440, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
31 Oct 1939: Enlisted Woodside, SA
31 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, SX1440, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

George Granville Furniss MARTIN was born in Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia on 22nd February, 1906

His parents were George Gozzard MARTIN & Henrietta Augusta HILLS

He married Mary STUART on 1st October, 1932 in Hackney, South Australia