MARTYN, Henry George
| Service Numbers: | 2117, 2115 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 26 October 1886 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Hamilton East, New South Wales, Australia, 1 October 1952, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-23. 18. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton City of Newcastle Gas & Coke Honour Board, Islington Independent Order of Rechabites Roll of Honor, Newcastle Masonic Lodge Harmony U.G.L. No 15 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2117, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2117, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2117, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 26 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 | |
| 27 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2115, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
70 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 3rd October 1952, Private Henry George Martyn, Australian Army Medical Corps (Reg No-2115), plumber from Hillgrove, 4 Upfold Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and 65 Hebburn Street, Hamilton East, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 65. ANGLICAN 1-23. 18.
I don’t believe Henry was ever married.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 26th October 1886 to Francis Edward and Lydia Martyn, Henry enlisted March 1916 with the 34th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 18.4.1917 (ophthalmoplegia, right eye - paralysis or weakness of the eye muscles), 23.10.1917 (cold).
Henry returned home February 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 27th April 1918.
Mr. Martyn’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Newcastle East Public School Roll of Honour (as MARTEN H), Newcastle Gas & Coke Company Limited Roll of Honor (photo, unveiled on the 14th August 1918, 16 names inscribed, 1 Fallen, whereabouts unknown, Newcastle Lodge Harmony No.15, United Grand Lodge, N.S.W. Roll of Honour, Haste To The Rescue Tent No.10 Independent Order of Rechabites Roll of Honour, Newcastle Operative Plumbers' Society of N.S.W. Roll of Honour.
Report that Mr. Martyn and Mr. Threlfall (17th Battalion, Reg No-399, from 18 Elcho Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 2.12.1957, resting at Thirlmere Cemetery, N.S.W.) have been appointed secretaries to the Directorate of War Propaganda.
Younger brother Francis Joseph Leslie (Frank, Captain (Chief Officer), Merchant Navy, S.S. "Rio Verde" London, born 1894, Newcastle, N.S.W., died at sea on the 21.2.1918, age 24) memorialised same location.
On the 21st February 1918 when 4 miles West from Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway, loaded with coal, she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by the German submarine U-86. 20 lives lost including Master.
Henry’s headstone plaque gives us no indication of his service with the 1stA.I.F, so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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