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- Historical Birth Records:
Queensland, Australia: (1829-1914)
Registration #:1884/C1506
Family Name:Martyr
Given Name:Frederick
Father's Given Name:Charles Parry
Mother's Names:Isabella Rachel Bracker
Source:
http://www.Justice.qpd.gov.au
Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922), Tuesday 12 September 1916, page 4
LIEUT. F. MARTYR,
A SOLDIER'S DEATH IN FRANCE.
As the "Gazette" briefly notified yes-terday, Queensland has lost another of its finest men in the person of Lieut. Frederick Martyr, nephew of Mr. H. Bracker, "Henley" Toowoom-ba, and who is officially announced to have fallen on the battle-field in France, whilst nobly doing his duty.
Towards the end of August— on the 22nd— Mr. W. J. Martyr, of Ghin Ghinda, near Taroom, Lieut. Martyr's brother, received word from the base records office in Melbourne (through Mr. H. Bracker, to whose care it was addressed), that the gallant young offi-cer had been wounded. This notifica-tion, unhappily, was afterwards fol-lowed by the announcement that he had been killed in action, and fell on August 8th, an expression of sympathy from the King and Queen and the Commonwealth authorities being added. The late Lieut. Martyr was a son of the late Mr. C. P. Martyr, manager of Kilcummin Station, Peak Downs, near Clermont, and it was there that he was born. He was formerly a buyer of fat stock for the Australian Meat Export Company, and his business in that connection ultimately took him to the Northern Territory. Realising the Empire's need of men in the un-precedented struggle in honour's cause he deemed it his duty to offer his ser-vices. He was at once accepted, as his splendid constitution and physique en-sured, and about July of last year went into camp at Enoggora. During his period of training there he studied military requirements to such good purpose, in the military school, that when he was about to leave for Egypt he was given a commission, his appoint-ment of lieutenant, with his pay for that rank being dated back in view of the credit in which he had carried out his duties. It was with the Light Horse that he went to Egypt, where he served as transport officer. The uneventful life in Egypt did not at all suit his ardent patriotic disposition, however, and in order that he might get into the thick of the fighting he transferred to the 15th Battalion, un-der Colonel Cannan, and so got to France, where he showed the utmost bravery, his career being unfortunate-ly cut far too short, when he met a true soldier's death. The deceased officer was well-known and esteemed in the west of Queens-land, particularly at Charleville and Cunnamulla. He was also known very well to the sporting section of the public of Toowoomba and neighbour-hood, for, as a member of the Bris-bane gun club he was brought into touch with shooting enthusiasts here-abouts. Pigeon shooting was one of his favourite pastimes, and he was one of the best rifle shots in the country. Lieut Martyr was, indeed, one of the best specimens of manly Australi-ans, and was but 30 or 31 years of age.
His country's quarrel he took up as his own, and in one of his last letters home from the front he writes that what may with advantage be remem-bered now that the conscription refer-rendum in Australia is drawing on apace "In fact," he says, detailing some of his impressions of French war scenes, "but for the soldiers you would not know there was a war on when you get back a few miles, but houses are blown to bits. Some of them are very nice places too, and all brick, or rath-er, they were! But, there, you cannot realise what war is. If you did there would be no need for conscription for people in Queensland would know that if the war is not won we might see Queensland the same as France. What a homecoming then for the poor devils after the war!" To the sympathy of the King and Queen, and the Commonwealth Gov-ernment, with the members of the be-reaved family, will be added that of our readers, in the loss they and Queens-land has sustained.
Australian Government, National Archives of Australia:
Record Research Item Details:
A2455, MARTYR Frederick:
Title:MARTYR Frederick: Service Number - Lieutenant: Place of Birth - Clermond QLD: Place of Enlistment - Enoggera QLD: Next-of-Kin - (Brother) MARTYR William John.
The Individual Pedigree Resource File for Frederick MARTYR reads:
Birth: 17th September 1884 at Queensland, Australia
Death: 8th August 1916 at Moquet Farm, France
Parents: Charles Parry MARTYR & Isabella Rachael BRACKER
Submitter: Jennifer A McCARTHY, 28 Bulgonia Road, Brightwaters, 2264 New South Wales, Australia. Compact Disc # 133, Pin # 2137329.
MARTYR, Frederick - 2nd Lieutenant:
Born:Brisbane, Queensland, Queensland. Age at Enlistment 31 years.
Religion:Church of England, single, Stock Buyer, of Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland
Next of Kin:Brother, William John MARTYR, of Care of H BRACKER, Toowoomba, Queensland
Source:14th Reinforcements, joined Regiment 9th March 1916, 2nd Lieutenant, transferred to 15th Battalion, 1st April 1916, killed in action 8th August at Moquet Farm, France.
Grave:No known grave.
Ancestry.com
Public member Stories:
Lt. Fred. Martyr Killed in Action
8 Aug 1916, Mouquet Farm, France
The son of Charles Parry MARTYR and Isabella MARTYR, Fred MARTYR was with 'A" Company, 15th Battalion during its attack on the positions known locally as 'Circular Trench', and officially as 'Park Lane'. At the very outset 'B' Company unfortunately lost 3 officers. 'A' Company's commander, Captain CORSER, had covered about half the distance when he fell with a machine gun bullet in the stomach. On the way back to the line CORSER saw and spoke to Lieutenant ARNOLD who was lying wounded and lying in a shell hole awaiting aid from the stretcher bearers. Shortly after CORSER left ARNOLD, a shell landed in the same hole, killing ARNOLD outright. Apparently the only point where the enemy's trenches were penetrated at this juncture was where Lieutenant Fred MARTYR with one or two of his men crossed the objective. He fell mortally wounded and his body was recovered two days later. (Gataway, Pages 124, 125). Died as 2nd Lieutenant, 15th Battalion, aged 32 years. Name commemorated on the Brisbane, Queensland First World War Memorial and on the Villiers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France.
Taken from "Biographical details of the 2543 soldiers who served in the 5th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, 1914-1919"
http://www.anzacs.org/5lhr/pages/5lhrindex.html
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Casualty Details:
Name:MARTYR, Frederick
Initials:F
Nationality:Australian
Rank:Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service:Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Unit Text:15th Bn.
Age:32 years
Date of Death:08/08/1916
Additional Information:Son of Charles Parry Martyr Martyr & Isabella Martyr. Born at Brisbane, Queensland.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial:Villers-Bretonneaux Memorial
Australian Government, National Archives of Australia:
Record Research Item Details:
AWM93, 12/11/867:
Title:Australian War Memorial registry file: W.T (sic). MARTYR, Esq. Taroom QLD. [Request for donation of private records of Lieutenant F. MARTYR].
Australian Records of the
Queensland Government State Archives:
Item Details:
Item ID:14412210
Previous System Location:SRS335/2/28
Parent Item:None
Transfer ID:3153
Record Type:Intestacy file
Item Format:Files
Description:MARTYR, Frederick
Departmental Numbers:531/1917
Preferred Citation:Queensland State Archives Item ID1412210 Intestacy file
Start Date:17/2/1911
End Date:25/6/1919
Series ID:335
National Library of Australia:
The Brisbane Courier (QLD: 1864-1933)
Thursday 25 April 1918, page 3:
LAW REPORT
Wednesday, April 24
Supreme Court - Ecclesias-
tical Jurisdiction
Before his Honour Mr. Justice Real.
DECEASED SOLDIERS' WILLS
In Chambers this morning, the Public
Curator applied for a revocation of the
election in intestacy in the estate of
Alfred Frank Everret (deceased), on the
grounds that a will had been discovered.
The deceased, who was a member of the
A.I.F., died on active service on Feb
ruary 19, 1917. A will dated April 3, 1916,
had been found, whereby deceased had
appointed William Everett sole executor
of his estate.
The application for revocation of the
election was granted.
A similar application was made in con-
nection with the estate of Frederick
Martyr, cattle buyer, deceased. A will
had been discovered whereby he had be-
queathed the whole of his estate to his
brother, William John Martyr. The de-
ceased was also a member of the A.I.F.,
ane died on active service. The appli-
cation was adjourned for further infor-
mation.
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