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Mind Map by izabellamurada00, updated more than 1 year ago
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Description
Soldier Boy; The True Story of Jim Martin, The Youngest Anzac
- Jim Martin had threatened his parents that he would run away if they didn't sign the consent form for his enlistment.
- James (Jim) Charles Martin was the youngest Anzac to have died during service in WW1
- Jim was just 14 and threes months old, but convinced the officials that he was 18 years old
- He served in the first world war in Gallipoli
- Amelia and Charles Martin had six children
- 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
- His body was wrapped in the union jack and was thrown into the sea
- Jim was no angel at school he would often get into school fights when someone teased his two younger sisters, Mary and Annie