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Identity
Person No.
17547
Service No.
5431
Last Name
First Name
James Martin
Initials
J M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Notes

Son of William Scott Morton and Jane Scott Morton, of 93, River St., Sunnyside, Pretoria, South Africa. Native of Pietermaritzburg, Natal. His brother also died on service. On Maritzburg College cenotaph. Commemoration stone in Pretoria (Rebecca Street) Cemetery

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