Frederick John MARTINE

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MARTINE, Frederick John

Service Numbers:	1552, Q204698
Enlisted:	13 April 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	SPRING HILL, VIC, 7 February 1883
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1552, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1552, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Runic, Sydney

World War 2 Service

13 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, Q204698, Page missing from Enlistment Register
13 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
13 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q204698, 6th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
19 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q204698, 6th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
19 Oct 1945:	Discharged

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Private, 1552, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
Date unknown:	Embarked Private, 1552, 1st Australian General Hospital

History of life

●Frederick John Martine. B-17/2/1883 in Tylden Victoria. He died on the 29/4/1959 at the age of 76. Frederick was the only son to go by the name of Martine. He donated his body when he died and was laid to rest at Mount Gravatt Cemetery on the 7/6/1962. He was single, farming and living in the Woodford area at the time of his enlistment. Frederick had previously served in the Boer War in South Africa and he also enlisted for World War II. According to Ancestry records he was engaged to Grace Cleave, however, she died of TB at the age of 19 years. After the war he farmed in Conondale, Queensland for a number of years. Frederick willed his body to science resulting in his eventual burial some years after his death

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