MARTIN O.J.
Given Names: Oliver Jephcott
Service Number: 2631
Unit: 5th Battalion, 8th reinforcements
Rank: Private
Paybook Number:
Age: 18 Yrs 3 Mths
Occupation: Warehouse Employee
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 6¼ In
Weight: 150 Lbs
Chest: 34-36½ In
Hair: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Fair
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 21/5/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: MOTHER Mrs Frances Hunter
Tenbury Avenue, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 15/9/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: SS Makarini
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Karoola
Embarked: 25/1/1917
Disembarked:
Unit: 3rd Field Artillery
Rank: Gunner
Discharge Date: 11/7/1918
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 1160
British War Medal: 19374
Victory Medal: 19247
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 26/2/1897
Place: Orange, New South Wales
Father: George Jephcott MARTIN
Mother: Francis DAY
MARRIAGE
Year: 1924
Place:
Spouse: Eileen Thelma MARONEY
DEATH
Date or Year: 14/4/1957
Place: Ballarat, Victoria
Burial: Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 9/6/1917; gun shot wound, chest and back
MEMORIALS
Auburn State School
Kew State School
Holy Trinity Church
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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Date Enlisted:
Date Discharged:
COMMENTS