John William MARTIN

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Service Number:	TX4343
Enlisted:	13 March 1941, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Breadalbane, North Midlands Council, Tasmania, 24 November 1908
Home Town:	Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness, Thailand, 1 June 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: A6. C. 6.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Burnie Other Wars Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, TX4343
13 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, TX4343, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
13 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Private, TX4343, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
13 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX4343, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore

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Son of John Henry MARTIN & Ellen (nee BARKER) MARTIN.

Next of Kin - Wife: [Edith MARTIN] Edith Emily (nee WHITTLE) MARTIN, of Sandy Bay, City of Hobart, Tasmania.