Letters and certificates relating to James Charles Martin, 1915

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Accession Number RCDIG0000970
Collection number PR85/339
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 8
Object type Letter, Certificate
Physical description 12 Image/s captured
Maker Hogan, Cecil Joseph
Martin, James Charles
Reddoch, Frances Hope Logie
Place made At sea, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Hawthorn, Australia: Victoria, Seymour, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli)
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

Letters and certificates relating to the First World War service of Private 1553 James Martin, 21st Infantry Battalion. Believed to be the youngest Australian soldier killed in war, Martin has written several letters to his parents from training camps in Australia and from the trenches at Gallipoli . Also included are letters of condolence to his parents from a fellow 21st Battalion soldier, the legislative representative for his home district of Hawthorn, and the matron who cared for him until his death. Certificates of baptism and commemoration are also included.
This file contains:
Letter from James Martin to his parents, Broadmeadows, 26 May 1915;
Letter from James Martin to his parents, Seymour, 21 June 1915;
Letter from James Martin to his parents, Gallipoli, 4 October 1915;
Letter from Matron F. H. L. Reddoch to the mother of James Martin, at sea, S.S. Glenart Castle, 26 October 1915;
Letter from Lance Corporal Cecil Joseph Hogan to the mother of James Martin, ANZAC, Gallipoli, 5 November 1915;
Letter from Sir William Murray McPherson to the parents of James Martin, St. James Park, Hawthorn, 19 November 1915;
Commemorative certificate, [date unknown];
Certificate of baptism for James Martin, [date unknown].