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MARTINS, Horace Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | N240251 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 May 1941, Kogarah, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots |
| Born: | Hurstville, NSW, 6 April 1921 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Accidental - Killed in Road Accident, believed drowned, Australia, 1 July 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales C. of E. Plot. Sec. AE. Grave 588 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, N240251 | |
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| 14 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N240251, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, Kogarah, NSW |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of August Fredrick and Louisa Johanna Martins, of 100 Park Road, Hurstville, NSW.
DRIVER TRAPPED AND DROWNED
Private Horace Sydney Martins, 21, of Park Road, Hurstville, was drowned when a military lorry crashed through Ireland's Bridge, Cabramatta, and sank in six feet of water in Cabramatta Creek yesterday. Another soldier in the lorry escaped. Martins was trapped in the cabin of the lorry. Other soldiers dived and brought his body ashore. A doctor and Liverpool Ambulance officers applied artificial resuscitation. The military authorities will lift the lorry from the creek today.