Brigadier General Edward Fowell Martin

Ranks Held Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier General, Temporary Colonel
Birth Date 22/08/1875
Birth Place Australia: Tasmania, Launceston
Death Date 22/09/1950
Death Place Australia: Western Australia, Perth
Final Rank Brigadier General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 17th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 5th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • Australian Army Service Corps
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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    Officers of the 17th Battalion

    Group portrait of headquarters officers, 17th Battalion taken outside a tent probably in Egypt. ...

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    AWM183 33 - Australian War Records Section biographical forms: Maj C W C Marr, Lt Col J T Marsh, Lt Col E E Martin, Brig Gen E F Martin, Lt Col C C Ma...

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Date of birth 22/08/1875
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 1898 Joined the Army Service Corps as a private.
Date commissioned 1903
Date promoted 01/08/1913 Promoted to major.
Date of embarkation 19/08/1914 Sailed for New Guinea on the HMAT Berrima.
Other 1914-09-14 - 1915-02-01 District Administrator after the German surrender.
Other units 18/08/1914 Joined the Australian Naval and Military Expedistionary Force (AN&MEF) with the rank of major.
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/11/1915
Other 02/06/1915 Became Second in Command of the 17th Infantry Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 04/03/1915 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of embarkation 12/05/1915
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 07/05/1915 Appointed to the 17th Infantry Battalion with the rank of major.
Date of embarkation 12/05/1915
Date promoted 19/04/1916 Appointed to command the 17th Infantry Battalion with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 18/09/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/08/1916
Date of honour or award 1917 Mention in Despatches twice more.
Other 24/09/1917 Made a brevet lieutenant colonel in the AMF.
Date of recommendation honour or award 27/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 25/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/09/1917
Date of honour or award 1917 Mention in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his performance at Pozieres.
Date of honour or award 1918 Made a COmpanion of St Michael and St George (CMG).
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/03/1918
Date promoted 29/03/1918 Made a temporary colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 24/09/1918
Date promoted 09/07/1918 Promoted to colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/02/1918
Other units 1918-03-09 - 1918-05-03 Temporary command of the 7th Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted 28/06/1918 Made a temporary brigadier general.
Other units 03/05/1918 Took over command of the 5th Infantry Brigade.
Other 08/12/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of embarkation 12/07/1919 Embarked for Australia.
Date returned to Australia 26/08/1919 Arrived in Sydney.
Date of honour or award 03/06/1919 Mention in Despatches three more times and made a Companion of the Bath (CB) for his part in the 1918 fighting.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/01/1919
Other 1932 Appointed sergeant-at-armsof the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
Other 1939 - 1945 Helped organise the Volunteer Defence Corps in Perth.
Date of death 22/09/1950

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