5th November in wartime Northern Ireland

Private Patrick Traynor, a married man of Ballycastle, Co. Antrim died on 5th November 1942 aged 44 years old while serving with The Pioneer Corps in Malaysia.

A.T.S. at work distributing petrol

On 5th November 1941, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service as they undertook work at a petrol distributing centre.

Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service off-load empty petrol cans on to a roller conveyor where they are inspected, repaired, cleaned, and refilled at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 15420 Info

A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service repairing a leaking petrol can with a soldering iron in a repair shop at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 15423 Info

Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service operating semi-automatic filling machines to replenish petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 15427 Info

A Sergeant demonstrates to a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service the way to apply a washer to a screw plug of a petrol can at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 15431 Info

A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service working with thousands of washers for the screw plugs of petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 15432 Info

A railway truck loaded with empty petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 15434 Info

A railway truck loaded with filled petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 15435 Info

Remembered on 5th November

Patrick Traynor

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Private Patrick Traynor, a married man of Ballycastle, Co. Antrim died on 5th November 1942 aged 44 years old while serving with The Pioneer Corps in Malaysia.