© 2009 454 & 459 RAAF Squadrons

 

459 RAAF Squadron

 

Middle East

 

Flight Lieutenant Neil Frank MARTIN

 

Service No. 400561

 

 

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Date of Birth: 25 Jan 1918

 

Place of Birth:  Newcastle, NSW

 

Date of Enlistment : 15 Sep 1940

 

Date of Discharge: 7 Dec 1945

 

Rank on Discharge:  Flight Lieutenant

 

Posting at Discharge : 24 Squadron

 

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The crew:

 

Squadron Leader Phil Howson

Sergeant Neil 'Dooley' Powell (Nav) - RAF

Sergeant Neil Martin (WOP/AG)

Sergeant Alan Norton-Baker (WOP/AG)

 

L-R: Sergeant Neil Martin (WOP/AG); Sergeant Neil 'Dooley' Powell (Nav); Squadron Leader Phil Howson (Pilot) and Sergeant Alan Norton-Baker (WOP/AG)

 

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Professor Leon Kan-Maguire's book

"Dessert Scorpions" noted on Neil's post war years -

 

"Neil farmed lambs and Hereford cattle on the Campaspe River north of Melbourne for a number of years before taking up a managerial role in a flour milling and grain merchant firm.  His work involved extensive travel selling grain to South-East Asia and to Saudi Arabia and Yemen.  He has since passed away."

 

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Neil Frank MARTIN