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

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary