Percy Evandale MARTIN

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MARTIN, Percy Evandale

Service Number:	395
Enlisted:	25 January 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Semaphore, South Australia, 29 May 1893
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Port Adelaide Public School
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

25 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 395, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 395, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE P. E. MARTIN.

Mrs. S. Martin, Gracechurch-street, Portland, Port Adelaide, has been notified that her third son, Private P. E. Martin, was killed in action in France on August 4. Private Martin, who was 23 years of age, left the Outer Harbor on May 31, 1915. He was at Gallipoli before going to France. Prior to enlisting he was employed by the Municipal Tramways Trust at the Power Station, Port Adelaide. He was well liked by all who knew him." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 04 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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