He arrived back in the county at about 07:00 on Friday, becoming the first in line at the university to get the jab that day.
More than 8,000 people have been vaccinated so far, with more than 12,100 given precautionary antibiotics.
“I felt complete terror and panic when the news broke on Sunday, I just wanted to get out of here because I know it’s a very fast moving and scary disease,” he said.
“Then when the [vaccine] news was released, we planned to get up at 4:00, leave Ipswich and come down to Canterbury. My mum very kindly drove me down.
“I’ve got a lot more peace of mind and this is the first day when I’ve not been having to convince myself that I don’t have symptoms – it felt like a moment in history.”