Eric Albert Merton MARLIN

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MARLIN, Eric Albert Merton

Service Number:	36635
Enlisted:	13 May 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2 Personnel Depot
Born:	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, 20 August 1906
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carriage Builder (NSW Railways)
Died:	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia , 9 July 2001, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

13 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 36635, No 1 Hospital
13 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 36635, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
16 Mar 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 2 Aircraft Depot Richmond
16 Mar 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 2 Aircraft Depot Richmond
25 Feb 1945:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 36635, 9 Repair and Salvage Unit (R&SU) ex Darwin to Morotai
1 Apr 1945:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 9 Repair and Salvage Unit (R&SU)
16 Jul 1945:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 36635, 9 Repair and Salvage Unit (R&SU) ex Morotai to Darwin
13 Nov 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 36635, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
13 Nov 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 36635, 2 Personnel Depot
Date unknown:	Involvement Corporal, 36635, Royal Australian Air Force

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Eric was the only child of Albert Ernest Marlin (born 1882 in Richmond, NSW) and Lily May O'Keefe (born 1887 in Murrumburrah, NSW). Albert (a Carpenter) and Lily married in Sydney, NSW in 1906.

In 1932 Eric was working in Sydney, NSW as a Carpenter/Carriage Builder for the NSW Railways when he married Ena Margaret Hoglund (born 1909 in Glebe, NSW) - Ena was a Machinist. Eric and Ena settled in Sydney, NSW and in May 1941 Eric enlisted in the RAAF (Service No:36635). He served as a Nursing Orderley, Leading Aircraftman and Corporal and was attached to 5 Aircraft Depot when he was Discharged in November 1945. His father Albert Ernest (Private, Service No:3140) and three Uncles served in WWI and Uncle Robert (Bob) George served in the Boer War.

Eric returned from WWII and resumed work with the NSW Railways, He and Ena lived in Sydney, and follwoing Ena's death in 1997 Eric moved to Canberra, ACT where he died in 2001.

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