People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

17 January, 1920
Fairfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

24 June, 2000 (aged 80)
Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

respiratory failure

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

• Bridigine Convent School, Hawthorn, Melbourne
• Xavier College (Melbourne)
• University of Queensland
• University of Melbourne

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• bank employee
• metallurgist
• soldier

Military Service

• World War II
• 2/4th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery

Awards

• Silver Medal of the Australasian Institute of Metals

Key Organisations

• CSIRO
• Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia (Qld)
• Comalco
• University of Birmingham (UK)
• Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia (national)
• Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA, USA)
• University of Auckland (New Zealand)

Workplaces

• English Scottish and Australian Bank
• Munitions Supply Laboratories (MSL)
• University of Queensland (mining, minerals and materials engineering)