In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Wilfred Bernard Martin

who died on 4 May 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R176165
  Date of death 19440504
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R176165 Flight Sergeant (No. 460 Squadron RAAF bomb aimer) Wilfred Bernard (Barney) Martin (b.1921) of Daylesford was KIA 19440504 during a raid on Mailly le Camp and is buried at Dommartin-Lettrée churchyard, Marne, France. According to the Daylesford local history, the pilot was able to manoeuvre his crippled aircraft to miss the tiny village of Dommartin-Lettrée, and the entire crew is buried there. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission wanted to move them following the war but the villagers petitioned to have them left there, where they are lovingly tended. He was the son of Thomas (of Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario) and Marie Therese (Doubenfeld) Martin who operated a hotel and store at Daylesford. Wilfred was born at St. Brieux and was helping in his parents store when he enlisted at Regina in 1941. His brothers Donald, Frank and Vincent were in the RCAF while Edward was in the Medical Corps and Lawrence served aboard HMCS Prince Robert.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 399 - Lake Lenore
  Cemetery or memorial location Dommartin-Lettrée churchyard, Marne, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) St Brieux
Daylesford
Humboldt
  Geo-memorial Bernard Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.1833°N / 107.4167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74J3
  Geo-memorial details On the Snare River northwest of Mayson Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210325
  Place of birth St Brieux    
  Date of enlistment 19420626
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Daylesford    
  Occupation store clerk
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