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Pte James Charles Martin: The youngest name on the Roll of Honour

Posted on September 4, 2021October 27, 2022 By Docwinters
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25-OCTOBER-1915. While serving with the 21st Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Private James Charles “Jimmy” Martin, landed on the Gallipoli peninsula and would stay until October, when he would die of heart failure at the age of 14 years and 9 months, making him the youngest Australian serviceperson to die in war.

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