Memorial Plaque: Correct one piece cast named to ARTHUR PERCY MARTIN. 135 PTE Arthur Percy Martin embarked on the 18th November 1915 from Adelaide with the 32nd Battalion AIF. - VF SOLD

Memorial Plaque: Correct one piece cast named to ARTHUR PERCY MARTIN.

135 PTE Arthur Percy Martin embarked on the 18^th November 1915 from Adelaide with the 32^nd Battalion AIF.

He was Killed in Action on the 20^th July 1916 France (Fromelles) at the age of 19

Red Cross eye witness report from L/CPL Redman gives us the following insight “He was A Company. At Fleurbaix about 6:30 in evening. 19^th July 1916. I saw Martin in Enemy’s first Line of Trench. He had been wounded by shrapnel or bullet in shoulder. I helped bandage him up and had to leave him. Was conscious and was groaning a good deal. He wanted to know if his arm was off. There was heavy shelling over the trench all night. I was taken prisoner”

Memorial details:  VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France

Place of Association: Curramulka, South Australia

Slight surface marks otherwise VF SOLD