MARTIN, Hector James

Service Number –   5409.

Rank –   Lance  Corporal.

Unit / Division –   28th  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   10  April  1916.

Address on Enlistment –   Bunbury,  W.A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Farm  Hand.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father –  James  Dickie  Martin,  Mother-  Rebecca  Martin,  State  Farm,  Brunswick  Junction,  W. A., then  of  30  Colombo  St  Victoria  Park, W.A.

 

Religion –   Presbyterian.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  7  August  1916  on  HMAT  A28  “  Miltiades  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   28  October  1917.

Place –   Menin  Road,  Ypres,  Belgium.

Age at Death –   19.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Tyne  Cot  Cemetery,  Passchendaele,  Belgium  (  Plot  XXXVIII,  Row  C,  Grave  No. 14 ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   113.