MILITARY SERVICE RECORD & CIVILIAN CAREER

BOULTER, Kenneth G. S.

1951

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date and place of birth: 08 May 1933

Next of kin address: ‘The Vicarage’, Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire

MILITARY SERVICE

Date and place of enlistment: 06 Sep 1949

Regimental Number: Restricted

G.S.C. 06 Sep 1949 – 25 Jul 1952:

Company: 'B' ● Trade: Vehicle Mechanic ● Rank: Apprentice Sergeant (Ref: Daily Routine Order N^o 32 of 1952)

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 2 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 40 of 1950)

Trade Qualification: Vehicle Mechanic Class 3 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 62 of 1952)

R.E.M.E.

Postings: wef 30 Aug 1952 – 02 Nov 1953: 18 Command Workshops REME, Bovington Camp, Wareham, Dorset (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 63 of 1952)

Trade Qualification: 14 Jul 1953: Marine Engineer

Posting: 03 Nov 1953 – 10 Feb 1955: Egypt

Posting: 11 Feb 1955 – 11 Nov 1956: Army Water Transport, Cyprus

Posting: 12 Nov 1956 – 07 Nov 1957: Rebenon (?), Greece

ARMY AIR CORPS

[Under Army Order N^o 82 of 1957 the Army Air Corps was formed from the Air OP and Light Liaison units].

Trade Qualification: 1957: Aircraft Technician (Airframes & Engines) X1

Postings: 1957/58: 656 Light Aircraft Squadron, Malaya

Posting: 22 SAS, Hong Kong

Posting: Borneo

Posting: 13 Oct 1960 – 28 Aug 1961: Army Air Corps Centre, Middle Wallop, Hampshire

De Havilland Beaver Aircraft Course: 03 Jul - 07 Jul 1961: De Havilland Servicing School, Hatfield.

Posting: 29 Aug 1961 – 30 July 1963: British Antarctic Survey Expedition, Falklands Islands

Posting: 31 July 1963 – 07 May 1966: Army Air Corps Centre, Middle Wallop, Hampshire

Rank: Staff Sergeant

Discharge

Date & place: 07 May 1966, Middle Wallop

CIVILIAN CAREER

1966 – 1970: Property developer (self-employed) with 198 Units owned, including 2 pubs.

1971: Drove from UK overland in a VW, spending 3 months in Afghanistan en route to India.

197?: Rode a 500cc motorcycle from UK overland, destination Cyprus.

IN RETIREMENT

1999

1980: Retired to play with my toys (see hobbies). Other activities include running around sorting out problems on a few properties I own.

1980: Sailed across the Atlantic in a 25-footer and stayed in the West Indies.

1981: Drove across the USA.

1994: Journey by rail from Lewes, Sussex to Hong Kong, returning to UK by air from Nepal.

Hobbies: Old motorbikes, cars, valve radios, and 16mm films.

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