HELP: 12466 Robin James MARTIN. Born in Pakistan on 10 Jan 1931 - trying to find his daughter
Date: 
Monday, 16 November, 2015

Good morning gentlemen,

These medals are now in my possession and we are asking if you can spread the word through your networks to find this man’s daughter. Her maiden name was Robynne Karen MARTIN. DOB 11 May 1954.
All we know about this man is:

12466 Robin James MARTIN. Born in Pakistan on 10 Jan 1931 as a Pakistani national.
He came to New Zealand (date unknown) and was enlisted into the RNZN 30 Sep 1948. (Age at the time was 17 years and 8 months).
Service file is not clear where he served but he has Korea and UN Medals for service off Korea and was discharged 9 Jan 1955. At the time of his discharge he was single.
His NOK on enlistment in the NZ Army in 1959 was his wife – Mrs Ina Georgina MARTIN.
Their only daughter Robynne Karen MARTIN was born in Auckland 11 May 1954. (She would be around 61 years old now).

He enlisted into the NZ Army as a Private soldier 18 May 1959 and served until discharge at own request on 22 Aug 1968. During that time he served in Malaya 6 Nov 1959 to 8 Nov 1961 (2 NZ Regt as a Pte soldier and LCpl), and Vietnam with 161 Bty as a Sgt RNZIR from 14 Mar to 16 Sep 1967.

He separated from his wife late in 1967 (after his RTNZ from Vietnam?) and his daughter stayed with him – she would have been around 13 years old at the time.  At the time he was living in Stuart St, Waiouru and in January 1968 he was supported by Army with costs towards a housekeeper.

After his discharge 22 August 1968, Sgt Martin was employed by the NZ Prison Service as a Prison Officer at the Tongariro Prison Farm , Turangi and he moved to a Prison Service home in that area.

It is unknown when he moved to Australia with the only correspondence on his file from the Queensland Defence Service Homes Corporation (Brisbane) in 1983 asking for verification of his NZ Army service. 

The NZDF Personal file shows he died in Queensland on 16 Jun 1999 (Internal Affairs notification of death of a service person). His address at the time of his death was: 36 Navua St, Strathpine 4500, Queensland.

There is NO indication in his file of his original medals being reported as lost or stolen. He has unclaimed entitlement to the following medals:
NZOSM
NZGSM 1992 (Warlike) with clasp Vietnam
NZDSM with Regular clasp
PJM
Korean War Service Medal

We would like to find his daughter (or nearest NOK) and present these awards back into the family.
Any assistance you can get would be much appreciated
Send any enquiries directly to me:
Cheers
Jack Hayes

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