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John Bertie (Bert or 'Plugger') Martin (1890-1964) clerk, trade union official and parliamentarian
Birth: 16 October 1890 at Waverley, New South Wales, son of John Martin, engineer, and Maria Theresa, née McArdle (1865-1958). Marriage: 1910 at Sydney, NSW, to Elizabeth Louise Smith. They had one daughter and one son. Death: 14 March 1964 [d.c. wrongly states 1963] at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown; usual residence Moira Crescent, Randwick, Sydney. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
Heather Radi, Peter Spearritt & Elizabeth Hinton (eds), Biographical Register of the NSW Parliament 1901-1970 (Canberra, 1979); Labor Year Book 1933, p 173, 1934-35 p 233; Malcolm Henry Ellis, The Garden path (Sydney, 1949); death notice Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 1964, p 30.
'Martin, John Bertie (Bert) (1890–1964)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/martin-john-bertie-bert-34468/text43280, accessed 18 February 2025.
John Martin, n.d.
16 October,
1890
Waverley, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
14 March,
1964
(aged 73)
Randwick, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.