William Haynes was a British

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. He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the

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. From 1905 to 1912 Haynes held all Scottish swimming championships from 100 yards up to half a mile. He was the first British amateur swimmer to swim 100 yards under the minute. His record—59 seconds—was achieved at the Scottish championships held at Leith. By 1915 he had migrated to Western Australia and that year won the state's 100 yards championship. In 1916 he married Mary Helena Philp in

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, Western Australia. She died in 1947.Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages Western Australia, 1181/1947 He was district officer of the Kalgoorlie Fire Brigade for almost ten years until being promoted in October 1943. His next appointment was to the Victoria Park District, Western Australia.''Fields gossip and news'', Sunday Times, 31 October 1934, p.8 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59188473 Haynes died at

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on 26 November 1954, aged 68. He was buried in the Presbyterian portion of the

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, Western Australia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haynes, William 1954 deaths British male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing British male freestyle swimmers Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery 1880s births 20th-century British people