Philip Haynes UTTING

Philip Haynes UTTING Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

UTTING, Philip Haynes

Service Number:	415287
Enlisted:	17 August 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 23 August 1912
Home Town:	Merredin, Merredin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Claremont Teacher Training College, Western Australia
Occupation:	Teacher
Died:	Kalamunda, Western Australia, 5 June 1996, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

17 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 415287, General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale
28 May 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
28 May 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant
14 Sep 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 415287, General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale

Help us honour Philip Haynes Utting's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

The eldest of two sons, Philip was born in 1912 in Perth WA to Richard Haynes Utting (b1887 in London, England) and Annie Laura Poulson (b1889 in Suffolk, England). Richard (a Porter with WAGR) and Annie (a Domestic Cook) married in 1911 in Perth WA where they settled and Richard worked for the WAGR until his retirement in 1952. Richard served in WWI (Private; Service No:52005) and WWII (Private; Service No: W31612).

Philip started work as a Butcher before enrolling at Claremont Teacher Training College. He was a Teacher in Merredin WA in August 1941 when he enlisted in the RAAF (Leading Aircraftman; Service No: 415287). By 1942 Philip was a Pilot Officer and 1944 a Flight Lieutenant. He qualified as an Air Observer (Astro Nav) and was attached to General Reconnaissance School when he was Discharged in September 1945. Brother Roger served in the RAN in WWII.

In Sydney in 1942 Philip married Muriel Janet Dyke (b1914 in Unley, South Australia). Philip worked as a Teacher in WA schools - he and Muriel lived in Kalgarin nr Kondinan in the Wheatbelt region of WA, at Northam WA (Baker's Hill and Northcliffe) before settling in Lesmurdie in Kalamunda WA. Philip died in 1996 and Muriel in 2001.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia