John Martin (New Zealand admiral)

Rear Admiral Alan John Ogilvie Martin, ONZM is a retired officer of the Royal New Zealand Navy, who served as Chief of the Navy from 30 November 2015 to 29 November 2018.^[1]

John Martin
John Martin in September 2016
Born	Dunedin, New Zealand
Allegiance	New Zealand
Service / branch	Royal New Zealand Navy
Years of service	1979–2018
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands	Chief of the Navy (2015–18) Maritime Component Commander (2011–13) HMNZS Te Kaha (2001–03)
Awards	Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Commodore Martin (left) visits the Japanese Self Defence Fleet Headquarters in Yokosuka, October 2012

Born in Dunedin, Martin joined the navy in 1979. He served as commander of the Royal New Zealand Navy Fleet as the Maritime Component Commander from March 2011 to September 2013.^[2] Martin was appointed Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[3] In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Officer of the same order.^[4]

References

1. "NZDF – Chief of the Navy". New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
2. Hartigan, Brian (1 September 2015). "New Zealand names new Chiefs of Army and Navy". Contact. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
3. "Queen's Birthday honours list 1996". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 1996. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
4. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2003". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

Military offices
Preceded by Rear Admiral Jack Steer	Chief of Navy 2015–2018	Succeeded by Rear Admiral David Proctor