MARTIN, Richard Roberts
(Service number 7/606)
| First Rank | (1) Trooper; (2) Sergeant Major | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 6 May 1893 | Place of Birth | Auckland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | (1) Temuka | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Next of Kin | (1) Richard Robert MARTIN (father), Temuka; (2) Mrs F. MARTIN (mother), 51 Northland Road, Wellngton | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | (1) Main Body; (2) New Zealand expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | (1) Canterbury Mounted Rifles; (2) 30th Reinforcements, Mounted rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | (1) 16 October 1914; (2) 13 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | (1) Tahiti or athenic; (2) Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | (1) Wellington | Destination | (2) Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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Biographical Notes
Richard Roberts MARTIN was the son (only New Zealand born) of richard Roberts and Florence Edith Honeywood MARTIN. At the time of first enlistment he was residing at Temuka where he was a clerk. He was wounded at Gallipoli. He went into camp again on 5 february 1917. At this time he was secretary of the Wellington Returned Soldiers' Assdociation.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 June 2016]; New Zealand Herald, 2 August 1915, Timaru Herald, 1 February 1917 (Papers Past) [09 October 2014; 21 June 2016]
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