MARTIN, John Gray
| Service Number: | 294 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1879 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawyer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1948, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 294, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 294, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 294, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 3681, 25th (late 49th) Infantry Battalion, AIF.
When John Gray Martin enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB for the Boer War and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother, Cambridge St, South Brisbane. A family relative provided information for a biography of him on the Australian Boer War Memorial database where it was noted he was known as "Jack".
John Gray Martin was born on 26 Nov 1879 in Queensland, a son to John Martin and Janet Martin (nee Gray). He married Annie Frances Hort on 18 Dec 1907 in Queensland and they had 7 children.
When he enlisted in 1917 for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Form dated 28 May 1917 that; he was 37 years 6 months old working as a sawyer; was married with 5 children and N.O.K. was his wife Annie Frances Martin; they were living at Eumundi; and he had previously served in South Africa. Originally serving with the 49th Infantry Battalion he was wounded in action in France on 4 Jul 1918, and after recovering he was transferred to the 25th Infantry Battalion for the remainder of his service.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 141; Australian Boer War Memorial- database bio; Ntional Archives Australia- WW1 service record).