MARTIN C.J.

Given Names:  Cyril Joseph

Service Number:  39671

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 35th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

Age:  27 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Leather Merchant                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Roman Catholic

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:   In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/2/1917

Place:  Hawthorn

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Florence E. Martin

3 Austin Street, Hawthorn, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  30/4/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  SS Port Darwin

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kanowna

Embarked:  26/8/1919                               

Disembarked:  23/10/1919

Unit:  12th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                   

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  3/12/1919                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  73917

Victory Medal:  70030

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1889

Place:  Geelong, Victoria                         

Father:  Joseph Patrick MARTIN              

Mother:  Christina Mary BRADLEY

MARRIAGE

Year:  1913     

Place:             

Spouse: Florence Evelyn HELCHER

DEATH

Date or Year: 27/12/1960                        

Place: Essendon, Victoria                        

Burial:  Keilor Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Town Hall

Memorial Plaque: 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS