Corporal Stanley Carlton Martin
| First year at Wesley | 1902 |
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| Personal information | University student. (dental). Captain of 1909 football team and played 65 VFL games for University. Played in the 28 October 1916 Australian Rules match at The Oval, London. Brother Hector was wounded at Pozieres; brother, Arthur, died of illness on return to Australia in 1916; sister, Mable, was a nurse who served in Egypt and Europe. |
| Date enlisted | 19/07/1915 |
| Unit enlisted | 22nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcements - Service Number 4488 |
| Service details | Killed on the first day of the second battle of Bullecourt. The 22nd Battalion was on the left side of the Australian attack and suffered badly from machine gun fire from enemy positions in the town. Over 400 casualties. |
| Date of death | 03/05/1917 - 27 years of age |
| Unit details | 22nd Battalion |
| Cemetery/Memorial place | Villers–Bretonneux Memorial |
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