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MARTIN, Francis Lindsay
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3989 |
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| Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion |
| Born: | Newstead, Victoria, Australia , 1879 |
| Home Town: | Newstead, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Muckleford South State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of illness (stomach cancer), At sea (HMHS Karoola), 8 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newstead & District Great European War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked 3989, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
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| 25 May 1916: | Involvement 3989, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement 3989, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked 3989, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 16 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion, France | |
| 8 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 3989, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion, Died of stomach cancer (at sea) on board HMHS Karoola. | |
| 8 Mar 1917: | Involvement 3989, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3989 awm_unit: 5th Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Second Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-08 |
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