Frederick Singleton Martin

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MARTIN, Frederick Singleton

Service no: 5073 [1]

Place of birth: Singleton, 1893

Address: Orange

Occupation: Chaff cutter

Next of kin: James Henry Martin (father), Endsleigh, Bloomfield, Orange, later 53 Albion Street, Annandale

Date of enlistment: 13 September 1915

Place of enlistment: Dubbo

Age at enlistment: 22

Fate: Embarked HMAT A55 Kyarra, Sydney, 5 June 1916. Disembarked Plymouth 3 August 1916. Taken on strength with 33rd Battalion, England, 30 September 1916. Embarked for France, Southampton, 21 November 1916. Proceeded to England on leave, 10 January 1918. Returned from leave 24 January 1918. Killed in action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 30 March 1918.

Date of death: 30 March 1918, aged 25

Buried: In the vicinity of Hangard Wood, France