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MARTIN, Archibald Lawrenson
(Service number 23/1533)

Aliases
First Rank	Lieutenant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Timaru
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	S. K. MARTIN (father), Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	E Company
Date	13 November 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards	Military Cross (M.C.)

Award Circumstances and Date

For conspicuous gallantry in action. He assumed command and led his company with great courage and determination. Later he organised and consolidated the position with great skill. (London Gazette, 14 November 1916, p11802)

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Death

Date		Age
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

He left Timaru for Trentham in May 1915.

Jacqueline Martin, Archibald's granddaughter, noted that he was born in Timaru where he practised law.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [24 January 2014]; Timaru Herald, 5 May 1915 (Papers Past) [06 September 2014]; Waikumete Cemetery headstone transcfription (SC Branch NZSG Cemetery Records microfiche) [10 April 2015]; Waikumete Burial Records (Auckland City Council) [10 April 2014]; SCRoll web submission from J Martin, 13 June 2015

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