People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

2 February, 1913
Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

20 July, 1995 (aged 82)
Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

stroke

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Catholic

Education

• Christian Brothers College (East Melbourne)
• St Kevin's College (Melbourne)
• University of Melbourne

Occupation or Descriptor

• army officer
• civil engineer

Military Service

• World War II
• Royal Australian Engineers

Awards

• Military Cross
• Distinguished Service Order
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Peter Nicol Russell Memorial medal (Institution of Engineers, Australia)
• Knight Bachelor
• Kernot Memorial medal (University of Melbourne)
• Companion of the Order of Australia

Clubs

• Melbourne Cricket Club

Legacies

• Sir Bernard Callinan Bar (Melbourne Cricket Club)
• Sir Bernard Callinan Board Room (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne)

Key Organisations

• Institution of Engineers, Australia (Vic)
• State Electricity Commission of Victoria
• University of Melbourne (engineering)
• West Gate Bridge Authority (Vic)
• La Trobe University (administration)
• British Petroleum Australia
• Commission of Inquiry into the Australian Post Office
• Australian Atomic Energy Commission
• University of Melbourne (council)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace
• Colonial Sugar Refining Co
• National Catholic Education Commission
• Royal Humane Society of Australasia

Workplaces

• Gutteridge Haskins and Davey
• Parliament House Construction Authority