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David Martin (Governor)

Rear Admiral
Sir David Martin
KCMG, AO
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Martin on board the USS Missouri in 1986.
34th Governor of New South Wales
In office
20 January 1989 – 7 August 1990
Monarch Elizabeth II
Premier Nick Greiner
Lieutenant Murray Gleeson
Preceded by Sir James Rowland
Succeeded by Peter Sinclair
Personal details
Born (1933-04-15)15 April 1933
Sydney, New South Wales
Died 10 August 1990(1990-08-10) (aged 57)
Sydney, New South Wales
Spouse(s) Suzanne, Lady Martin
(née Millear)
Military service
Allegiance  Australia
Service/branch  Royal Australian Navy
Years of service 1947–1988
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands HMAS Melbourne
HMAS Supply
HMAS Torrens
HMAS Queenborough
Director, Naval Reserve Cadets
Battles/wars Korean War
Cypriot Civil War
Iceland Emergency
Awards Officer of the Order of Australia
Viceregal styles of
Sir David Martin
Badge of the Governor of New South Wales.svg
Reference style His Excellency
Spoken style Your Excellency
Alternative style Sir

Rear Admiral Sir David James Martin KCMG, AO (15 April 1933 – 10 August 1990) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy and later Governor of New South Wales. He also established the Sir David Martin Foundation to assist young Australians in crisis.

Born in Sydney on 15 April 1933, Martin came from a long line of naval officers. He was descended from Lieutenant George Johnston, one of the Royal Marines of the First Fleet, and the convict Esther Abrahams. Their son Robert was the first Australian born person to enlist in the Royal Navy, which he joined in 1805. In 1942, when David was nine years old, his father was lost in action following the sinking of HMAS Perth of which he was Deputy Commander.

Martin attended the Scots College in Bellevue Hill from 1939–1946 before joining the RAN as a cadet midshipman and entering the Royal Australian Naval College in 1947. He also attended the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, before serving aboard HMAS Sydney during the Korean War, then aboard the aircraft carriers HMS Vengeance and HMAS Melbourne.


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