Military service
Service number:
1599
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Birth:
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
September 16, 1914
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 41.
Additional information
Son of Augustus and Mary Ellen Martret, of 254, New Gower St., St. John's.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Martret
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Picture of Joseph Martret
Joseph Martret in his uniform -
Photo of JOSEPH MARTRET
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
This is the monument that now stands at Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. -
Trenches
The Trenches of Beaumont-Hamel -
Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Commemorative Plaque
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Inscription
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Memorial
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Newfoundland Legion magazine “Lest We Forget”. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Martret
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Martret
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Martret
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Martret
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Martret
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Martret
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Martret
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Martret
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 78 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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