Historical information

SHIPS CARPENTER, STATION PIER PORT MELBOURNE
Henry PATON arrived in Australia on the maiden voyage of the vessel Weeroona in 1910.

He was the ship's captain and employed as the ship's carpenter. He worked on Station Pier from a small tin shed near the railway station with another carpenter. They took turns to keep night watch when the Weeroona and other vessels were moored at the pier. They carried out all the necessary maintenance work to keep the vessels in ship-shape condition.

Henry PATON also carried out maintenance work on the Hygiea & Edina gangways. He was associated with the Paton & Baldwin woollen - spinning company in Tasmania and planned to export sheep from Victoria for the mills.

He married Christina McNABB in Sydney, lived in South Melbourne then at 128 Bridge Street, Port Melbourne. He died in Port Melbourne in 1940 aged 86 years, his wife Christina died in Port Melbourne in 1924.

Information supplied by Beryl ADAMSON, Nott Street, Port Melbourne.

Physical description

Digital copy of a B&W photograph