MARTIN, William Walter
| Service Number: | 16471 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ross, Tasmania, Australia, May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Bellicourt British Cemetery Bellicourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. I), France, Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Ross Roll of Honour, Ross St. John's Anglican Church HR, Ross War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 16471, 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 4 Jul 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 16471, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Jul 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 16471, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 26 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 16471, 58th Infantry Battalion, GSW to shoulder | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 16471, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16471 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From The Museum at The Tasmanian Wool Centre
Pte William Walter MARTIN
William was 24 years old and living in Melbourne when he enlisted in December 1915. He arrived in France in January 1917 with a contingent of reinforcements for the 15th Battalion.
In June he was admitted to hospital suffering from trench fever. In November 1917, he married 20 year old Christina Edith Merchant.
He then returned to France to serve with the 58th Battalion. He received gunshot would to the shoulder in June 1918. At the end of September, William was killed during an advance on the Hindenburg Line and was buried in the British Cemetery at Bellicourt.
His widow Christina later moved to Canada and in 1922 applied for assisted passage to Australia.
William’s story is part of our exhibition: Our Grateful Thanks and Loving Remembrance, a moving and deeply personal exhibition remembering the soldiers whose names are immortalised on the Ross War Memorial.
http://www.taswoolcentre.com.au/…/new-exhibition-at-the-tas…
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