John Alexander Frobester Martin

Forenames

John Alexander Frobester AWMM

Surname

Martin AWMM

Also known as

John Alexander Frobisher Martin AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/894 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Caversham, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Alexander Martin (father), 20 Leckhampton Court, Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/894 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Sergeant AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Alexander and Alice Ann Martin, of 60, Tennyson St., Dunedin.

Sergeant Martin was reported as Missing in Action 2-24 May 1915. He was probably killed on Dead Man's Ridge (Pope's Hill) in an attack on Baby 700. AWMM

Death

2 May 1915 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21384294
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 488
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.