Sapper

James Horace Martin

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of James and Louisa Martin, of Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. Served at Samoa.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
4/1973
Name:
James Horace Martin
Rank: 
Sapper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
James Martin (father), Upper Hutt, New Zealand|J. Martin (father), Railway Guard, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Railway Engineers|Railway fireman
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Engineers, Light Railway Operating Section

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
25 April 1918
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Samoan Advance Party
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Places of Embarkation:

Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:

HMNZT 1
HMNZT 2
HMNZT 47
HMNZT 48
Vessels:

Moeraki or Monowai
Willochra or Tofua
Destinations:

Apia, Samoa (28 August 1914)
Suez, Egypt (8 April 1916)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. K. 9.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
James Horace Martin
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