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David Martin (governor)
Rear Admiral Sir David James Martin (15 April 193310 August 1990) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy and later Governor of New South Wales who later went on to establish Sir David Martin Foundation to assist young Australians in crisis.
==Early life and Naval career==
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 HMAS ''Vengeance'' and HMAS ''Melbourne''.
He was an officer on HMS ''Battleaxe'', participating in the Cyprus and Iceland emergencies (also known as the "Cod Wars") in 1959–1960. He was promoted to Commander of the Third Australian Destroyer Squadron in 1974 and commanded several RAN ships, including HMA Ships ''Queenborough'', ''Torrens'', ''Supply'' and ''Melbourne''. Martin was promoted to flag rank in 1982 and served as Chief of Naval Personnel and as Commander of Naval Support Command until he retired in February 1988. On 26 January 1985, the Queen appointed Martin an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) "for service as the Chief of Naval Personnel and flag officer Naval Support Command". Martin married Suzanne Millear in 1957 and had three children, one of whom is a Captain in the Royal Australian Navy.
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