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Martin S E Pte 4244

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Martin S E Pte 4244 Sydney Ernest 5 Inf Bn 30 Labourer Married Pres

Address: Moonee Ponds, Eglinton St, 16

Next of Kin: Martin, Evelyn Kirkwood, wife, 16 Eglington St, Moonee Ponds

Enlisted: 4 Aug 1915

Embarked: A64 Demosthenes 29 Dec 1915

Date of Death: 23/08/1918

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

Mrs. C. B. Davis, Athol street, has received word that her brother, Private S. E. Martin, 1st Pioneer Battalion, has been killed in action.

ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, September 5). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607076

Private Sydney E. Martin, 1st Pioneer Battalion, son of the late Mr. W. T. Martin, of Moonee Ponds, was killed in action in France on 23rd August.

ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, September 12). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607124
MLA citation

Ascot Vale State School "Noble Deeds"

Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence

4244 Private Sydney Ernest Martin 1st Pioneer Battalion
K Sept 12/18
He was the first man killed on the morning of 23rd August after the hop off at St Martin's Wood at about 4.30 am. A piece of shell hit him in the mouth & came out of the back of his head. He must have died instantly. I was a little in front of him & did not actually see him hit, but next day I helped to bury him where he fell. Our padre Capt Moorhouse conducted the service. A rough cross was erected and about a fortnight later a Bn Cross was taken out & put up.

Informant Pte W G Duff 3743
D Coy 1st Pion: Bn
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