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Gunner JOHN SWANSTON MARTIN

Service Number: 11586
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

4th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY

I. G. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Georgina Jessie Martin. Native of Forbes, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription "PRO PATRIA"
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Buried or commemorated at

BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 834
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