People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

10 July, 1910
Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Death

29 May, 1998 (aged 87)
South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Cause of Death

unknown

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Education

• St Peter's College (Adelaide)
• South Australian School of Mines and Industries
• University of Adelaide

Occupation

• civil engineer
• public servant
• soldier

Military Service

• World War II
• Royal Australian Engineers

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Officer of the Order of Australia

Key Events

• Lake Pedder flooding, 1972

Key Organisations

• Australian National Committee on Large Dams
• Institution of Engineers, Australia (Tas)
• Institution of Civil Engineers, London
• Institution of Engineers, Australia (national)
• International Commission on Large Dams
• Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators, Australia (federal)

Workplaces

• Dept of Engineering and Water Supply (SA)
• Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania