Soldier Boy; The True Story of Jim Martin, The Youngest Anzac

Soldier Boy; The True Story of Jim Martin, The Youngest Anzac

1. Jim Martin had threatened his parents that he would run away if they didn't sign the consent form for his enlistment.

2. James (Jim) Charles Martin was the youngest Anzac to have died during service in WW1

3. Jim was just 14 and threes months old, but convinced the officials that he was 18 years old

4. He served in the first world war in Gallipoli

5. Amelia and Charles Martin had six children

6. Jim had typhoid fever and had passed away from heart failure at 6:40pm on 25th October 1915

   • His body was wrapped in the union jack and was thrown into the sea

7. Jim was no angel at school he would often get into school fights when someone teased his two younger sisters, Mary and Annie