Robert James Martin Image

Name

Robert James Martin

Born

1880-08-23

Birth Place

Proton Township, ON

Occupation

Blacksmith

Religion

Baptist

Died

1969

Death Place

Awards

Good Conduct Badge

Monument

Cemetery

Dunk’s Bay Cemetery, St. Edmunds Township







Service Record 1


Regimental Number

652214

Highest Rank

Private

Conflict

Battalion

Company

Enlisted

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1916-04-03

Wounded Date

1918-09-21

Wounds

Shrapnel wound left arm

Wounded Where

Cambrai, France

Discharge Date

1920-10-28

Discharge Cause

Demobilization



Notes

Also served with the 5th Engineers. Totally disabled, living in Tobermory




Sources & Links

- Bruce in Khaki: A History of the Bruce Battalion
- "From History Book" (Wiarton, ON Echo Index 1919)
- Library & Archives Canada
- Find a Grave



News Clippings


160th Battalion Enlistment Card
160th Battalion Enlistment Card
Tobermory Memorial postcard (Pub. Irwin Specialty Co.)
Tobermory Memorial postcard (Pub. Irwin Specialty Co.)
Canadian Echo Wiarton, November 6, 1918
Canadian Echo Wiarton, November 6, 1918
Canadian Echo Wiarton, October 2, 1918
Canadian Echo Wiarton, October 2, 1918