Green’s Dictionary of Slang

marine n.

1. (Aus./N.Z.) a pint bottle of beer [backform. f. dead marine under dead adj.] .

[Aus]Sun. Times (Perth) 23 Dec. 4/7: A bottle-gatherer thumped Sheol out of his tart for not turning up a live marine she’d found.
[US]J.A.W. Bennett ‘Eng. as it is Spoken in N.Z.’ in AS XVIII:2 Apr. 89: A quart bottle of beer is a rigger, and a pint bottle a marine: doubtless neither of these terms is peculiar to New Zealand, but they are rarely, if ever, heard in England.

2. see dead marine under dead adj.

In compounds

marine bath (n.)

(US) a brief wash of the armpits and a dab of after-shave or perfume.

[US]R. Dennis Pimp for the Dead [ebook] She’d settled for what we used to call a Marine bath. That’s a quick dab under the armpits with a wash cloth and a splash of shaving lotion … or, in her case, [...] perfume.
marine yard (n.)

(Aus.) a bottle merchant’s base, where empties are stored.

[Aus]Advertiser (Adelaide) 13 Apr. 9/5: I did the rounds of a ‘marine yard,’ as a bottle merchant likes to call his headquarters.