LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Alan Bryant MARTIN
Service No: 402245
Born: Eastwood NSW, 1 February 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1940
Unit: No. 76 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 76 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-37), near Townsville QLD, 21 May 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Walter and Lilian Agnes Martin, of Eastwood, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Eastwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 May 1942, Kittyhawk A29-37 flown by Flight Sergeant Martin crashed 15 miles from Weir aerodrome, Townsville, and he was killed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/142/359
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002