Chronology
1948: Born in Oftringen at home on level 1 of the car dealership Paul Pluess - mother Olga and father Paul. Older sister Rosette and brothers Paul and Arnold.
1954: Kindergarten in Oftringen with Fraulein Voegele for 1 year.
April 1955: Started Primary School in Oftringen (year 1 to 3 in Oftringen town and year 4 and 5 in Oftringen near church)
April 1960: Bezirksschule Zofingen (year 6 & 7)
April 1962: Bezriksschule Aarburg (year 8 & 9).
Loved athletics and orienteering and rowing.
In year 9 was chosen to be captain of the Kadetten.
6 July 1963: Brother Arnold drowns in river Aare near Waage.
April 1964: Kantonsschule Luzern for 1 year - lived in Luzern in a room.
April 1965 to 31 Jan 1968: Kantansschule Aarau - same school as visited by Albert Einstein - orientation towards physics and mathematics.
1 Feb 1968 to 31 April 1968: Nago Olten - operating the cocoa crush machine that supplied cocoa powder and cocoa oil to Lindt and Sprungli.
1 May 1968: Living in Rickenbach near Olten in a very simple small farm house - no warm water - toilet outside in wooden hut.
1969: Went to Dublin. Worked casual as photographer in a photolab.
1969: Press photographer for Oltner Tagblatt and Solothurner Nachrichten and other publications - studied remotely Famous Photographers Course.
1970 Studied colour photography for a few weeks in Munich at Agfa Gevaert.
14 July 1969 to 8 Nov 1969: Rekrutenschule Medical Corps. Bremgarten Aargau.
12 June 1971: Wedding - married Heidi Faes in Church Aarburg -
24 Sep 1971: Departure to Perth, Australia
28 Sep 71 to Feb 72: Photographer & lab operator at Walter’s Studio, Fremantle Western Australia.
Sep 1971 to May 72: Lived at 21 Wellington St, Mosman Park, Western Australia -
March 1972 to May 72: Heidi’s Photo Service, 16 Wray Avenue, Fremantle WA
June 1972: Drove with two old cars from Perth WA across the Nullarbour Plain to Sydney
June 1972 to Oct 72: Photography Glenelg, Adelaide & freelance Childrens Photography.
Lived at 31 Hillcrest Drive, Eden Hills (Gunars)
November 1972: Drove with one old Morris Major from Adelaide to Sydney =
16 Nov 72 to 25 May 73: Olims Chemicals, St Peters Sydney (magnetic tape factory).
Heidi worked in admin at Woman's Day magazine.
Lived at 19 Waruda Street, Kirribilli - directly opposite the Opera House.
June 1973: Drove up to Cairns to walk the Kokoda trail with a friend.
July 1973: New Guinea - Kokoda Trail, Lae, Mt Hagen & Goroka with Markus Goeldi
24 Sep 1973 to 14 Dec 1973: Storeman at Coles Warehouse in Brisbane
Lived at 45 View Street, Woolloowin Brisbane Queensland
Feb 1974 to May 1974: Lived in Melbourne: Unit 2 42 Eastbourne Stree, Prahran -
Worked at Holden Car factory in Fishermans Bend as furnace operator - Heidi was a quality control worker also at Holden (checking automatic gear parte etc,)
Mid 1974: Returned to Switzerland via Bali, Java, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore - mainly by rail and then by plane to Zurich.
29 July 1974 to 30 Sep 1975: Pamo AG Oftringen and Garage Paul Pluess as spare parts storeman and then car sales.
Lived in house of family Humble in Aarburg.
30 October 1974: Greg born in hospital Menziken
31 October 1975: Return to Australia-
1975: lived in Hazel Avenue Queens Rocks along the ocean - about 30km north of Perth - selling insurance with Combined Insurance Company of America 10 Nov 1975 to January 1977. Ross - office was in Subiaco
1976 : Bought first house at 48 Stevens Street, White Gum Valley near Fremantle WA
Nov 1976 to Feb 77: worked as Nightwatchman at Dillingham Shipyards Fremantle
7 march 1977 to 31 dec 77: Garage Paul Pluess, Aarburb - car sales
1978 Jan 1: Started own business: Auto Centre Hauenstein – selling used cars and Opel
1 April 1978 to 28 Feb 1981: Renting Adler Garage in Schoenenwerd - Peugeot & Fiat
1 March 1981 to 30 Sept 81: Pamo AG Oftringen – car sales
Oct 1981 to Jan 83: Typewriter sales Somco in Perth, selling Canon, Olivetti & Xerox electronic typewriters
Feb 1983 to March 87: Copier Sales Agent for Canon in Perth
April 1987 to Aug 87: Copispec Toshiba Perth – copier sales
Sept 1987 to Dec 1990: Sales Manager Canon Perth -
Jan 1991 to Oct 1993 National Sales & Marketing Manager Colour Copiers Canon Sydney
Nov 1993 to Dec 1993: Sales agent colour copiers Canon Eastern suburbs
Jan 1994 to April 1996: started own business: Sintek Colour Copy Shop in Crows Nest
1995: in parallel separate business: Create Your Own T-Shirt & Image mugs (agents)
May 1996 to Sept 2000: Gods Artefacts, Crows Nest - Heidi continued to jan 2004
October 2000 to Jan 2005: Copier sales Minolta Chatswood, then KM North Ryde
Feb 2005 to April 2009: Canon production print sales - ImagePress sales
May 2009 to March 2012: Dealer Manager at Konica Minolta, Macquarie Park
April 2012 to Sept 2013: Bisfind business directory & Kribly webnotes & creating Websites
Oct 2013 to April 2015: Mitronics sales Northern Beaches - copiers & printers KM & HP
1 May 2015 to 30 May 16: contractor for Mitroncis – city centre generating leads
15 June 2016 : Generating leads for Imscan Technologies www.imscan.com.au
23 October 2017 : Account manager with CSG Business Solutions, Sydney www.csg.com.au
1 July 2918 : Sales Operation Administrator with Master Agent for Fuji Xerox Michael Vivash.
1948: Born in Oftringen at home on level 1 of the car dealership Paul Pluess - mother Olga and father Paul. Older sister Rosette and brothers Paul and Arnold.
1954: Kindergarten in Oftringen with Fraulein Voegele for 1 year.
April 1955: Started Primary School in Oftringen (year 1 to 3 in Oftringen town and year 4 and 5 in Oftringen near church)
April 1960: Bezirksschule Zofingen (year 6 & 7)
April 1962: Bezriksschule Aarburg (year 8 & 9).
Loved athletics and orienteering and rowing.
In year 9 was chosen to be captain of the Kadetten.
6 July 1963: Brother Arnold drowns in river Aare near Waage.
April 1964: Kantonsschule Luzern for 1 year - lived in Luzern in a room.
April 1965 to 31 Jan 1968: Kantansschule Aarau - same school as visited by Albert Einstein - orientation towards physics and mathematics.
1 Feb 1968 to 31 April 1968: Nago Olten - operating the cocoa crush machine that supplied cocoa powder and cocoa oil to Lindt and Sprungli.
1 May 1968: Living in Rickenbach near Olten in a very simple small farm house - no warm water - toilet outside in wooden hut.
1969: Went to Dublin. Worked casual as photographer in a photolab.
1969: Press photographer for Oltner Tagblatt and Solothurner Nachrichten and other publications - studied remotely Famous Photographers Course.
1970 Studied colour photography for a few weeks in Munich at Agfa Gevaert.
14 July 1969 to 8 Nov 1969: Rekrutenschule Medical Corps. Bremgarten Aargau.
12 June 1971: Wedding - married Heidi Faes in Church Aarburg -
24 Sep 1971: Departure to Perth, Australia
28 Sep 71 to Feb 72: Photographer & lab operator at Walter’s Studio, Fremantle Western Australia.
Sep 1971 to May 72: Lived at 21 Wellington St, Mosman Park, Western Australia -
March 1972 to May 72: Heidi’s Photo Service, 16 Wray Avenue, Fremantle WA
June 1972: Drove with two old cars from Perth WA across the Nullarbour Plain to Sydney
June 1972 to Oct 72: Photography Glenelg, Adelaide & freelance Childrens Photography.
Lived at 31 Hillcrest Drive, Eden Hills (Gunars)
November 1972: Drove with one old Morris Major from Adelaide to Sydney =
16 Nov 72 to 25 May 73: Olims Chemicals, St Peters Sydney (magnetic tape factory).
Heidi worked in admin at Woman's Day magazine.
Lived at 19 Waruda Street, Kirribilli - directly opposite the Opera House.
June 1973: Drove up to Cairns to walk the Kokoda trail with a friend.
July 1973: New Guinea - Kokoda Trail, Lae, Mt Hagen & Goroka with Markus Goeldi
24 Sep 1973 to 14 Dec 1973: Storeman at Coles Warehouse in Brisbane
Lived at 45 View Street, Woolloowin Brisbane Queensland
Feb 1974 to May 1974: Lived in Melbourne: Unit 2 42 Eastbourne Stree, Prahran -
Worked at Holden Car factory in Fishermans Bend as furnace operator - Heidi was a quality control worker also at Holden (checking automatic gear parte etc,)
Mid 1974: Returned to Switzerland via Bali, Java, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore - mainly by rail and then by plane to Zurich.
29 July 1974 to 30 Sep 1975: Pamo AG Oftringen and Garage Paul Pluess as spare parts storeman and then car sales.
Lived in house of family Humble in Aarburg.
30 October 1974: Greg born in hospital Menziken
31 October 1975: Return to Australia-
1975: lived in Hazel Avenue Queens Rocks along the ocean - about 30km north of Perth - selling insurance with Combined Insurance Company of America 10 Nov 1975 to January 1977. Ross - office was in Subiaco
1976 : Bought first house at 48 Stevens Street, White Gum Valley near Fremantle WA
Nov 1976 to Feb 77: worked as Nightwatchman at Dillingham Shipyards Fremantle
7 march 1977 to 31 dec 77: Garage Paul Pluess, Aarburb - car sales
1978 Jan 1: Started own business: Auto Centre Hauenstein – selling used cars and Opel
1 April 1978 to 28 Feb 1981: Renting Adler Garage in Schoenenwerd - Peugeot & Fiat
1 March 1981 to 30 Sept 81: Pamo AG Oftringen – car sales
Oct 1981 to Jan 83: Typewriter sales Somco in Perth, selling Canon, Olivetti & Xerox electronic typewriters
Feb 1983 to March 87: Copier Sales Agent for Canon in Perth
April 1987 to Aug 87: Copispec Toshiba Perth – copier sales
Sept 1987 to Dec 1990: Sales Manager Canon Perth -
Jan 1991 to Oct 1993 National Sales & Marketing Manager Colour Copiers Canon Sydney
Nov 1993 to Dec 1993: Sales agent colour copiers Canon Eastern suburbs
Jan 1994 to April 1996: started own business: Sintek Colour Copy Shop in Crows Nest
1995: in parallel separate business: Create Your Own T-Shirt & Image mugs (agents)
May 1996 to Sept 2000: Gods Artefacts, Crows Nest - Heidi continued to jan 2004
October 2000 to Jan 2005: Copier sales Minolta Chatswood, then KM North Ryde
Feb 2005 to April 2009: Canon production print sales - ImagePress sales
May 2009 to March 2012: Dealer Manager at Konica Minolta, Macquarie Park
April 2012 to Sept 2013: Bisfind business directory & Kribly webnotes & creating Websites
Oct 2013 to April 2015: Mitronics sales Northern Beaches - copiers & printers KM & HP
1 May 2015 to 30 May 16: contractor for Mitroncis – city centre generating leads
15 June 2016 : Generating leads for Imscan Technologies www.imscan.com.au
23 October 2017 : Account manager with CSG Business Solutions, Sydney www.csg.com.au
1 July 2918 : Sales Operation Administrator with Master Agent for Fuji Xerox Michael Vivash.