Kenneth John "Jack" Martin
Job Description
Flenser
Period
1954 - 1965
Kenneth John (Jack) Martin was born in Footscray, Victoria, on the 24th August, 1924. He enlisted in the RAAF during World War II, then worked in Queensland before coming to Western Australia in 1953.
After working for the railways and for Hunts Canning Factory in Albany, Mr. Martin joined the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company in 1954. When he started at the whaling station he worked mainly as a coal trimmer, shoveling coal for the boilers, on twelve hour shifts. About two years later when the change-over to fuel oil occurred at the station he moved to flensing. In 1957 the company contracted out the flensing work and Mr. Martin continued to work under this arrangement until he left the job in 1965.
Mr. Martin died in Albany on the 13th February, 1996.
Kenneth John "Jack" Martin