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.
Other 1914-09-14 - 1915-02-01 District Administrator after the German surrender.
Date of embarkation 19/08/1914 Sailed for New Guinea on the HMAT Berrima.
Other units 18/08/1914 Joined the Australian Naval and Military Expedistionary Force (AN&MEF) with the rank of major.
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.
Other 02/06/1915 Became Second in Command of the 17th Infantry Battalion.
Date of embarkation 12/05/1915
Date returned to Australia 04/03/1915 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/11/1915
Date promoted 19/04/1916 Appointed to command the 17th Infantry Battalion with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/08/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 18/09/1916
Other 24/09/1917 Made a brevet lieutenant colonel in the AMF.
Date of recommendation honour or award 27/09/1917
Date of honour or award 1917 Mention in Despatches twice more.
Date of honour or award 1917 Mention in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his performance at Pozieres.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 25/09/1917
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
Other units 1918-03-09 - 1918-05-03 Temporary command of the 7th Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted 29/03/1918 Made a temporary colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/02/1918
Date promoted 28/06/1918 Made a temporary brigadier general.
Date of recommendation honour or award 24/09/1918
Date promoted 09/07/1918 Promoted to colonel.
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 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
Date returned to Australia 26/08/1919 Arrived in Sydney.
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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