MARTIN, James
| Service Number: | 6843A |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Healesville, Victoria, Australia, 25 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Corowa, Corowa Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Healesville State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 October 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tincourt New British Cemetery Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 36. EVER REMEMBERED |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Buraja Pictorial Roll of Honour, Corowa War Memorial, Mulwala War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6843A, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 6843A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 6843A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 7 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 6843A, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6843A awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Martin was the son of Edward and Mary Farrell Martin, of Howlong, New South Wales.
His three brothers, Edward, Hughie and John had all enlisted on the same day, 29 February 1916.
They were all associated with the Lowesdale and Buraja, farming areas near Corowa, New South Wales. Their mother had passed away in 1894, when they were very young, and their father, Edward Martin, lived mostly at Howlong, New South Wales.
It was reported in the local newspaper that James enlisted when heard of the death of his brother Edward at Messines on 8 June 1917.
James signed up in August 1917 and after much travel joined the 21st Battalion in France on the 1 May 1918. He was gassed during July 1918 and it was six weeks before he rejoined his Battalion. He was mortally wounded a little over a month later, one of the last battle casualties of the whole AIF on the Western Front.
James’s surviving brothers, 936 Hughie Martin and 937 John Martin were both returned to Australia in 1919 with gas poisoning, having been wounded on six occasions between them.