MARTIN, Ernest Milton
| Service Number: | 7354 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Insurance clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension |
| Memorials: | Armadale Baptist Church Memorial Window |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7354, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 7354, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 7354, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 7354, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 7354, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Bulla, Sydney | |
| 31 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...7354 Private Ernest Milton Martin, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, of Armadale, Vic. He was an insurance clerk prior to enlisting in July 1915. Pte Martin embarked on board HMAT Bulla (A45) on 25 November 1915. He served in France from April 1916 until March 1917 when he began officer training first in France and then at Cambridge, England. He was appointed to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in August 1917 and returned to the front. In December 1917 he was promoted to Lieutenant (Lt). Lt Martin was killed in action by shell fire at Mont St Quentin, France, on 31 August 1918. He was 25 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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