MARTIN, Hugh James
| Service Number: | 341 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool Co Lancashire, England, 7 January 1875 |
| Home Town: | Parkville, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Whitefield Wesley School Liverpool England |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | East Malvern, Vic., 3 May 1951, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Baptist D 62 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement 341, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked 341, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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He organised Anzac March
Mr. Hugh James Martin, O.B.E., a former State R.S.L. president, who played a major part in having Anzac Day made a public holiday, died yesterday. He was 76.
Mr. Martin helped organise the first Anzac Day march in 1925. He was State treasurer, R.S.L., 1921 to 1926, State president in 1928, and member of State executive for 30 years. The funeral will leave for Brighton Cemetery after a service at the Collins St. Baptist
Church at 2.30 p.m. today. At Anzac House the executive will pay tribute to him. ' The undertakers are A. A. I Sleight Pty. Ltd.
Mr. Hugh James Martin, a leading figure In the Returned Servicemen's League and in Melbourne charity movements, died yesterday at his home in Emo-road, East Malvern, after a short illness. He was 76.
Mr. Martin, who came to Australia from England with his mother 61 years ago, served in World War 1 with the 37th Battalion. He was a member of the State executive of the R.S.L. for 30 years, and a former State president and treasurer. He was a foundation trustee of the Anzac House memorial building trust, and chairman of the R.S.L.
scholarship fund. He took a leading part in organising the first Anzac day march, and later in having Anzac day declared a public holiday.
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