MARTIN, Horace Victor
| Service Number: | 3424 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Glebe, NSW, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Rosemount Hospital, Brisbane, Qld., 23 August 1936, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Redcliffe Humpybong Roll of Honor, Woody Point Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3424, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 3 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 3424, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Sep 1917: | Embarked Private, 3424, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Horace was born in New South Wales the son of Alfred Martin and Catherine Gash. He married Elizabeth Maud Carlow in New South Wales in 1911. Elizabeth died in 1914 at Balmain New South Wales. Horace then moved to Redcliffe in Queensland where he married Fanny Rachel Mason in August 1915 before enlisting in September 1916. Rachel was the daughter of Thomas and Catherine Mason who lived at Woody Point. She died in October 1918 at Redcliffe and Horace was discharged on compassionate grounds returning to Australia in January 1919.
MARTIN.—August 23, at Rosemount Hospital, Brisbane, Horace Victor (Mick) Martin, formerly of Glebe (late 5th Light Horse, A.I.F.). brother of Mrs. S. Mahony, 18 Ponsonby- street, Mascot, Sydney, N.S.W
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