Aged 19
1900 Feb 2. Born Preston, Lancs as William Clifton Martin
1901 census at Preston , Lancs
1911 census at 81 Cambridge Rd Southport
1918 Mar 4. Enlisted in RAF Service record . His mother is given at 81 Cambridge Rd, Southport. He was an apprentice Chemist at Port Sunlight with Lever Bros.
1918 Sep 12 Commissioned
1919 Mar 7 Transferred to unemployed list . 2nd Lt
1919 Apr 4. Marriage to Alice Beatrice Reynolds at Registry Office, St. Giles, London
1920 Oct 25. Joined ADRIC with service no 879. Posted to J Coy.
1921 Apr 14 Dismissed from ADRIC following a civil conviction in England
1924 Jul 8 Recommissioned in RAF
1924 Jul 18 Leaves UK on a troop movement for Port Said
1937 Nov 2. Promoted Fl.Lt in RAF Reserve
1938 Martin's Air navigation Martin's Air navigation by Clifton William Martin - first published in 1938 . Air navigation by Clifton William Martin - first published in 1940
1939 Feb 3. Leaves for Madeira with his wife
1939 Feb 20 Arrives UK from Madeira with his wife, He is an Air Navigation Instructor
1963 On Australian Electoral Roll with wife Alice Beatrice in Merrylands NSW
1991 Oct 1. Died Merrylands, NSW, Australia