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MILITARY SERVICE RECORD & CIVILIAN CAREER

 

 

HAYNES, Patrick Frank

 

April 1950

 

 

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date and place of birth: 20 Mar 1934, University College Hospital, London

Next of kin address: n/k

 

MILITARY SERVICE

Date and place of enlistment: 09 Sep 1949, Central London Recruiting Centre

Regimental Number: Restricted

 

G.S.C. 09 Sep 1949 – 25 Jul 1952:

Company: 'D' transferred to ‘A’ ● Squad: n/k ● Trade: Fitter ● Rank: Apprentice Tradesman

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 2 (Ref: Part 2 Order No 40 of 1950)

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 1, Part 1 and 2 (Ref: Part 2 Order No 16 of 1951)

Trade Qualification: Fitter Class 3

 

R.E.M.E.

Posting: 30 Aug 1952 – Jun 1953: 9 Central Command Workshops REME, Bicester, Oxfordshire (Fitter Gun).

Course: Jun 1953: Refrigeration Course, 6 (Vehicle) Training Battalion (immediately followed by embarkation leave).

Sailing: Sep 1953: aboard Troopship ‘Dorsetshire’ en route to Singapore.

Posting: Oct 1953 – Nov 1956: Singapore District Workshops REME.

Duties: Fitter [Refrigeration] & General Fitting.

Posting: Dec 1956 – Jun 1960: 4 (Armament) Training Battalion REME.

Duties: Instructor Refrigeration & General Fitting.

Course: Jun 1960 – Dec 1961: 4 Artificer Weapons Course, School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering.

Posting: Jan 1962 – Apr 1964: Unit Armourer, 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment, Berlin.

During 1963: Visited Anti Aircraft Range, Todendorf, BAOR with anti-tank & mortar platoons of 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment.

Posting: Apr 1964 – Dec 1965: Light Aid Detachment REME, School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire.

Duties: Servicing the Small Arms of the 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment who had returned to UK to take up the appointment as Demonstration Battalion at Warminster.

Posting: Jan 1966 – Aug 1968: Nº 1 Infantry (Air-portable) Workshop REME, Malacca, Malaysia.

Duties: Jan 1966 – Feb 1967: Armament & General Workshop.

Duties: Feb 1967 – Aug 1968: I/C Workshop Air-portable Platoon.

Posting: Aug 1968 - Apr 1969: Gun Repair Section, 22 Light Aid Detachment Regiment R.A., 3 Anti Aircraft Permanent Range, Tonfannau, Merionethshire, North Wales.

Posting: Apr 1969 – Apr 1970: HQ & Signal Squadron, 6 Brigade, Barnard Castle, Durham (Part of 1 Division BAOR, an element of the Forces deployed to UK from West Germany during the British Government’s economic squeeze. We were equipped with left-hand drive vehicles and were dispersed throughout Durham and North Yorkshire. The most interesting and varied job ever).

Duties: Brigade Armourer.

Posting: Apr 1970 – Jun 1972 : DDEME Inspectorate, Catterick Camp, Yorkshire

Duties: Rope Sling & Lifting Tackle Inspections throughout Northern Command, with some Small-arms Inspections.

Posting: Jun 1972 – Mar 1974: HQ 7th Armoured Brigade, Soltau, BAOR

Duties: Brigade Armourer.

Posting: Mar 1974 – Dec 1974: 3 Training Regiment Royal Engineers, Cove, Farnborough, Hampshire.

Duties: Regimental Armourer.

Note: In Dec 1974 I was short listed for a posting back to DDEME Inspectorate, Catterick Camp. My family had by then taken up residence in Exeter, Devon; my two older children were approaching transition to High School, and to avoid moving them around at a difficult stage of their lives I decided to terminate my Service engagement. As I was then serving on a three-years extension of Service with one month’s notice either way it was a convenient time to leave.

Summary of other Courses attended: Refrigeration Fitter; Regimental Signaller 3 Star; Methods of Instruction; Modern Weapons; Air Dropped Equipment Inspector; First Aid & Light Rescue.

 

Discharge

Date & place: Dec 1974 at own request.

 

CIVILIAN CAREER

Until I became settled as a civilian I initially took a position as Domestic Appliance Engineer – with possibilities. It turned out to be a glorified refrigerator/freezer/washing machine/dishwasher/vacuum cleaner serviceman. Lesson: don’t be fooled by Curry’s Group Service advertisements.

 

I then became a Shift Plant Engineer for a Company that produced precision investment castings for the aerospace & vehicle industries, using vacuum casting & induction methods – another very interesting job.

 

After emigrating to Australia I initially went to work in the far northwest of Western Australia for a major iron ore Mining Company as a Training Officer, firstly training Fitters on mechanical mining equipment & mineral processing equipment, progressing to Supervisory Training of all levels of Management & Supervision. I was promoted to Corporate Training & Development Officer prior to my departure to a cooler climate in Perth, Western Australia, leaving the Company for another position. I had spent 10 years in Port Hedland, Western Australia, so it couldn’t have been too bad.

 

My final position, lasting a little over 10 years, was as Western Australian Government Special Inspector of Mines (Mechanical) – another very satisfying job, covering a vast area of some 625 miles by 1,000 miles for which there were just two Inspectors. My co-Inspector was also ex-REME, but of shorter Service.

 

When I reached the age of 60 years I had only 7 months to complete until I reached the 10 years service in the Government Superannuation Scheme that then became more attractive to those about to retire. I completed my final three months on Long Service Leave before returning to work for one day in order to complete my time.

 

It took me some 6 months to acquire the vehicle that I wanted to tow our caravan, and then spent the following two-and-a half years comprehensively touring every State in Australia. I have now returned to Perth and live with great enjoyment and pleasure close to the sea, my wife’s family and our friends in paradise at Warnbro, Western Australia.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

MIET - Institute of Engineers & Technicians (Member)

MISM - Institute of Supervisory Management (Member)

R.Tech.Eng (CEI) – Engineers Registration Board (Registered Technician Engineer)

 

MARITAL & FAMILY STATUS

Married: to my first wife Enid for 25 years prior to a divorce in 1981.

Re-married: in March 1987 to Rosalie (Dale) & we settled in Warnbro, some 50 km from Metropolitan Perth. Between us we have 8 children with whom we maintain constant contact almost on a daily basis at times, usually by e-mail, telephone, and annual or more frequent holiday visits. They are dispersed (being descriptive of the distances we all live apart) as follows:

My children:

Mark – partner Gaye, lives in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. No children.

Karen – single mother, lives in Exeter, Devon. Children – Daniel (20 years), Laura (13 years), & Nathan (8 years).

Robert (32 years) – wife Jocelyn, lives in Port Kennedy (suburb of Warnbro), Western Australia. Child - son.

Graham (31 years) – married to Iris, lives in Kununurra, far north Western Australia.

Dale’s children:

Craig (36 years) – single, lives in Melbourne, Victoria.

Lorne (34 years) – wife Jo-Anne, lives in London.

Katrina (32 years) – husband Rod MacKAY, lives in Baldivis (near Warnbro), Western Australia.

Meryn (28 years) – partner Paul, lives in Leonora, Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia.

 

IN RETIREMENT

 

2001

 

Hobbies: Genealogy, caravan touring, steam trains & model railways, home decorating, general DIY and basic woodworking.

 

In Memoriam