Edward Clifford MARTIN

MARTIN, Edward Clifford

Service Numbers: Q121292, QX42715
Enlisted: 26 November 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14 Garrison Battalion (Qld)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 February 1922
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Warehouse Assistant
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 December 1979, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

26 Nov 1941: Involvement Private, Q121292, also QX42715
26 Nov 1941: Involvement Private, QX42715, also Q121292
26 Nov 1941: Enlisted
26 Nov 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX42715
2 Nov 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q121292, 14 Garrison Battalion (Qld)
3 Nov 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX42715, 32 Anti Aircraft Battery
29 Dec 1942: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX42715, embarked Townsville for Port Moresby per Duntroon 32nd Australian Anti Aircraft Heavy Battery
21 Jun 1944: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX42715, embarked Port Moresby for Townsville per Both
6 Jun 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX42715
6 Jun 1946: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Edward was the youngest of three children of Edward Richardson Martin (b1886 at Deep Creek, Gympie, QLD) and Rebecca Butler (b1886 in Gympie, QLD). Edward Snr (a Miner) and Rebecca married in 1909 in Gympie, QLD. By 1916 the family had moved to Brisbane, where Edward Snr worked as a Fireman, Motor Driver and Labourer.

Edward enlisted in the Australian Army in November 1941 (Service Nos:QX42715/Q121292) and was a Private attached to 32 Anti Aircraft Battery when he was Discharged in June 1946.

Returning to Brisbane, Edward was working as a Salesman when he married Heather McCulloch (b1926 in Mackay, QLD) in 1950. Edward and Heather moved to Baddow, Wide Bay, QLD where Edward was a Salesman before relocating to Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in the 1960s. They later moved to Brisbane where Edward was a Foreman. Heather died in 1965 and Edward in 1979. 

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