Ernest MARTIN

Regimental number34703
OccupationPainter
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Martin, Shaw Street, Temuka
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 71 Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 30 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsCanterbury Provincial Memorial
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Alexander and Sarah Martin, of 57 Shaw Street, Temuka
Other details

War service: Western Front

Died of disease at sea en route from France.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 9

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