MARKA C.J.

Given Names:  Christopher James

Service Number:  2689

Unit:  58th Battalion, 6th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  215948

Age:  35 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Miner                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6 In                     

Weight:  142 Lbs

Chest:  36-38 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  8/4/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Margaret Marka

Victors Quartz, Woods Point, Victoria                                                                               

Embarkation Date:  2/10/1916

Port:  melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Mamari  

Embarked:  2/12/1918                               

Disembarked:  11/2/1919

Unit:  58th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  14/3/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  55952

Victory Medal:  54628

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1881

Place:  Aberfeldy, Victoria                       

Father:  John MARKA                             

Mother:  Margaret WHITE

MARRIAGE

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Spouse:  

DEATH

Date or Year: 1943                                 

Place: Yallourn, Victoria                           

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 26/5/1917; shrapnel wound, neck

Wounded in action 29/9/1918; gun shot wound, hip

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Change in next of kin; Mrs Bessie Goode, Lofts Avenue, Kew