Never forget:

Private James Martin, 14 years old, of the Australian Imperial Force, died in 1915 from enteritis contracted at Gallipoli, and was buried at sea. In June of that year he had sailed for Egypt on the HMAS Berrima with the 1st Reinforcements of the 21st Battalion. They embarked from Alexandria for Mudros but were torpedoed.

Most of the troops managed to disembark on life rafts with the remainder being taken on board a hospital ship. The unit reformed and sailed to Gallipoli. In 1969 the Anzac Medallion was issued to Private Martin's sister, who donated it to the Australian War Memorial along with his other medals: 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

He is remebrered at the Lone Pine Memorial (which is also a Cemetry) Turkey.

The cemetery was constructed during the Gallipolli Peninsula campaign (ANZAC sector) and at the end of it held 46 graves. It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by moving isolated graves into it and by consolidating other smaller cemeteries in the area, such as Brown's Dip North and South Cemeteries.

The Lone Pine Memorial commemorates 4,934 Australian and New Zealand troops killed in the sector but who have no known grave. In addition special memorials commemorate 182 Australian and 1 British soldier thought to be buried in the cemetery but whose graves have not been identified

Nigel Payne