Patrick Wynne
Patrick Wynne (1866-1934)
1934 Obituary.[1]
Patrick Wynne, elected a Member in 1921, was born on May 22nd, 1866, in San Pedro, Province of Buenos Aires. He entered the service of Hume Brothers, railway contractors, on the 2nd May, 1884, and was engaged on the Construction Works of the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway between Mercedes (Buenos Aires) and Villa Mercedes (San Luis).
On the 1 st April, 1885, he joined the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway as fireman and had the distinction of working the first passenger train between the points mentioned above, a distance of 359 miles, on the 15th October, 1886. During the latter year he was promoted to driver, and on the 1st May, 1887, he was made Shed Foreman, which post he vacated on the 1st April, 1901, on being appointed Locomotive Inspector.
On the 1st July, 1908, Mr. Wynne was appointed Divisional Traction Superintendent of the Cuyo Division, and on the 4th June, 1917, he was named Traction Representative of the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway with headquarters in Buenos Aires, which post he held until his retirement on pension in April, 1927, after 42 years’ continuous service.
Mr. Wynne was one of the founding members of the South American Centre of the Institution. He was a staunch supporter of the Centre and his loss will be felt greatly by the members.
He died on the 1st of October, 1934, at the age of 68.