GORDON THOMAS HUTCHINSON
HIS FAMILY
Gordon was born on 15th January 1937. Gordon has a big family he has 3 brothers and 5 sisters Joy, Beverley, Pauline, Ruth, Peter, Sheirley, Robert and Rex.In 1959 Gordon got engaged to ann and then in 1960 they got married 3 year later on the 5th of march they had there fist child Jennifer Ann, 5 year after that they had there second child wendy Maree she was born on the 18th of April, then in 1969 they had there first boy Robert Gordon and he was born on the 24th of January, and finely they had there last child Gail Joy she was born on the 19th of July 1970
SCHOOL
St Andrews Primary School (Queenstown) 1941
Greensborough Primary School 1942-1948
Swinbourne Technical College 1949-1952
WORK
1953 5 year apprenticeship at Vickers Ruwolt, engineering in Richmond (now Ikea site). Fitting and machining.
Trade schooling
2 years at Swinbourne TC
1 year at RMIT on City campus
Following the apprenticeship Gordon worked building service stations
Maintenance on earth moving equipment used for building roads
Fire fighting service on a new construction site
Food manufacturing machinery
General Motors Holden maintenance on manufacturing machines
1964 joined education department as a trade teacher continued for next 25 years until retirement
1983 (part time) began voluntary building work with Mobile Mission Maintenance (MMM) continued for 30 years.
POST RETIREMENT
Continued voluntary work with MMM and Wycliffe Associates of Australia. This allowed Gordon to travel to most parts of Australia and some overseas countries.
Commenced a small home maintenance service including bathroom renovations and tiling.
Gordon also specialised in metal fabrication
Gordon’s garage is now his workshop where he creates jewelry boxes, cutting boards, serving platters and various items made from special timbers.
MISSIONS
2013
Manilla in Philippines
Holland
Singapore
SPORTS
Gordon was younger he liked to play football and cricket. He use too bike ride to work from Greens-borough to Richmond .
A story about bike riding with he’s friend
When Gordon was younger him and his friend went on the bike ride to Echuca past Kilmore. When he’s friends bike chain broke so they had tied rope on the bike to pull it along, when they got to Pyalong they were looking for a place to sleep they saw a house with a shed that they thought they could sleep under so they when to the house to see if the owner would let them sleep there. A man sitting at a table wearing military boot and holding a gun answered. He came to the door and said that they could sleep inside in a cell.
Gordon Thomas Hutchinson was interviewed by Bess, Courtney and Brooke, VCAL Students, Eltham High School on September 2016 as part of the Stories of my life project
