TOYNE, Gilbert
| Service Number: | 5617 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Darriwill, Vic., 23 August 1888 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coach Builder and Farrier |
| Died: | Upper Fern Tree Gully, vIC., 30 July 1983, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5617, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Driver, 5617, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Driver, 5617, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Before the war, Toyne, in conjunction with his then partner, Lambert Edwin Downey, in their business in North Geelong, had been granted a patent (No. 1276) in 1911 for a clothes hoist. After the war Toyne continued to work on his design, and in 1923 was granted a patent (No. 11373) for a 'Rotary Clothes Hoist', the first apparent use of the name, which used a handle turning a gear wheel, in mesh with a pinion, to adjust the height. Before Toyne moved to Adelaide he sold the rights to the McKirdy family, whose younger son, Keith, made further improvements resulting in additional patents. (This was to become known as the 'Hills Hoist')
'Canberra Times' 13 December 1995, p. 17
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