"Tim" Thomas Francis HYNES
Born 13 November 1911 in Mullagh, County Clare, Ireland [16]
Son of Nicholas HYNES and Ann MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England on the steamship Moreton Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 29 June 1928 [63]
Travelled from Ireland to Western Australia with his brother "Jack" John J. HYNES and John P. FLANAGAN [63] [201]
Upon their arrival they stayed their first night at the Chamberlain Coffee Palace in Wellington Street, Perth [201]
Presumably they'd heard misleading stories about Australia being a wild country and had their beds up against the door for safety [201]
After arrival he settled in the Three Springs district, where his uncle Philip LYNCH and his cousins had been living since 1909 [201]
Labourer in Arrino [6] and for a time was manager for Senator Patrick J. LYNCH of Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [201]
Came 2nd in the Sheffield Handicap race at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on 18 March 1929 [4: 30-Mar-1929]
Won the first heat for the Sheffield Handicap race at the Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1930 [4: 22-Mar-1930]
Won the Sheffield Handicap of 120 yards at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on 17 March 1937 [5: 19-Mar-1937]
Married Norah Katherine O'SHANNESSY in Perth in 1932 [66]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 22-Feb-1935]
Undertook contract work with the Three Springs Road Board in June 1935 to do work to O'Shannessy's Road [5: 14-Jun-1935]
Won 1st prize for Pen Painted Table Centre and 2nd for Oil Painting at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
His wife, late of the Perth suburb of Victoria Park, died at the age of 23 years on 5 June 1938 [2]
Resided in Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 16 July 1940 [16]
Signalman WX6533 in the Australian Army's 9 Divisional Signals Company during the Second World War [16]
Killed in Action on 11 October 1943 in New Guinea; buried Lae War Cemetery in Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea [16] [17] [18]
Father of Norah and Kevin [P40]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Thomas Francis Hynes' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/thomas-francis-hynes [reference list] |
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