HAYNES, Raymond James
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 28 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 December 1974, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 10 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, ex England per SS Borda | |
| 10 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Captain Raymond James Haynes enlisted in the AIF on 9 October 1916 and served with the Australian Army Medical Corps and 4th Infantry Battalion (RMO in France - Ypres, Hazebrouk, Dernancourt and Meterin). Captain Haynes was attached to 3rd Australian General Hospital on 10 May 1917 when he embarked from Sydney for Plymouth on board HMAT Benalla A24. On 11 May 1919, Captain Haynes embarked from England for the RTA on board SS Borda, and his appointment was terminated on 10 September 1919. He had served two years with School Cadets in Perth.
The youngest of six children, Ray was born in 1892 in Perth WA to Dr Edward (Ned) James Ambrose Haynes (b1854 in Maitland, NSW) and Theresa Margaret Mooney (b1852 at sea on board the Java en route to NSW). Ned (a Medical Practitioner) and Theresa married in 1876 in Sydney NSW. Ned had started his medical studies at the Sydney Infirmary, and in 1886 was at London Hospital when he was awarded membership of the Royal Surgeons and made a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. Returning to Sydney, in 1887 Ned was in charge of the smallpox hospital in Manly and then appointed Government Doctor in Gunnedah - where he was also elected Mayor. In 1891 Ned and Theresa were in Perth, WA where Ned was a Medical Practitioner, member of the Perth City Council and Captain with the WA Defence Forces - Perth Mounted Rifles.
Ray completed a Bachelor of Medicine at The University of Sydney in 1915, and in 1916 in Sydney married Helen (Nellie) Shanahan Murray (b1891 in Sydney, NSW). Following his Discharge, Ray and Nellie lived in Lowood, QLD and then settled in Brisbane where they raised their family and Ray was a Medical Practitioner and Physician. Nellie died in 1968 and Ray in 1974.
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