FARRINGTON, Martin Henry
Service Number: | 21298 |
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Enlisted: | 28 October 1915, Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery |
Born: | Mackay, Queensland , 28 October 1895 |
Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 June 1917, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Ypres West-Vlaanderen Flanders Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mackay Cenotaph, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
28 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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11 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 21298, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 21298, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
14 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 21298, 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 21298 awm_unit: 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-06-14 |
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Martin was killed on the 14th June 1917 at Souvenir Ammunition Dump near Messines when it was hit by enemy shelling.
The 110th Howitzer Battery (part of the 10th Field Artillery Brigade (/explore/units/324), 4th Division Artillery) had a fatigue party working on the dump at time. Every man became a causality and consequently 18 were killed and 8 wounded.
Source: War Dairy
Cemetery details: Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium